Well, I.R., I have to admit I was being rather polemico again. Plus, I was still on my first cup of coffee. Believe it or not I have been accused of being a staunch conservative myself - but my beliefs are mostly centralized around being a devil's advocate more than anything else. I guess I'm equally annoyed by the left and the right depending which issue we take up and discuss.
But, I haven't seen the left acting as out-of-control as in previous times. I think the left just go so quiet for a period after 9/11 - when there was nothing for anyone to do other that say "oh my god" in the wake of the shock - that it strikes us when the old disagreements start back up again. Enough time has passed that those opposed to the right won't hesitate to disagree, whereas within the first period of time after 9/11 any rebuff could have been viewed as anti-American. The polls have showed this as well. President Bush's approval rating reached what will likely be an all-time high shortly after the tragedy, and has gone more-or-less slowly down until now as the unity of the moment has worn off. It's still pretty high, but not above 80%.
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