Gentlemen, please calm down. I share your pain. From reading over the threads in this section on politics, it appears that very few participants have stepped forward to challenge your comfortable position at bashing President Bush. You must consider this, that each time you slander the President, you stand the risk of insulting the citizens who have voted for him.

What do you expect from the other side? You obviously don't understand the world situation the same way most Americans do or you would be winning elections more often. If it is of any comfort to you, the Democrats are due to win this coming year the presidency and both houses of Congress. If you continue with this attitude that you are going to take the country back, your stay in power will not be long. You best start working for national unity. That is what the citizens want out of both political parties.

If you don't get off Bush's back, you only stand to damage yourselves. Bush is gone. He can't hurt you any more. The Democrat Party is calling for change with candidates who say they can do better. The majority of Americans view the Democrats as having done nothing for the last two terms of Bush. Remember this, the majority of the voting public disagree with the Democrats. If you keep making them angry, you might blow the 2008 election like you did the 2004 election. The Republicans know this, which is the reason they have remained quite and non-critical.

You have well stated what you want to do for the country and how you will solve inflation, how you will end the war, how you'll usher in universal health care, and how the sky will open up and all will be perfect in the world. It makes me want to vote for the Democrats, which I may do.

I hope you appreciate sharing the opposite point of view to the majority point of view of those who participate in our spirited discussions. I consider you all as friends and brothers/sisters. I want to share with all of your efforts to make things better for you. I am still going to express my point of view. You need it just like I need your point of view. This should make us better citizens and eventually,more participants who share my point of view, will begin to participate more.

If you call them names when they present the opposite point of view, new participants will just stay away and avoid conflict. Whereas name calling does not work with some of us, others just will simply avoid the entire forum. We can take the moral high ground and a just ethical standard if we try. I suggest we start with the President of the USA and work from there.

Not that President Bush is a saint or a perfect man, but he is our President. My third grade teacher said we should respect our leaders even when disagreeing with them. Was she wrong? I will do my best to show respect to the next President when he/she takes his or her country back. (I just could not resist that!)