Paying the devil his due
When reading the JPL funding article (see space board for link), I remembered that there's something I should admit to the HZ CE crowd:
We had a discussion about an editorial that questioned the effectiveness of the stumping that Bush did for the Republican candidates, last election. I think I was leaning in the same direction as the editorial, and said so. In the event, Bush'es campaigning was very effective -- I was wrong.