We haven't become divided because of Bush? You just basically accused me of not having the ability to come up with opinions on my own by saying that my thoughts on Bush are a result of swallowing up the Dems spin. Give me a break. I happen to possess my own abilities to size up people and have been fiercely independent in my life. I abhor the platforms of both parties and pick and choose my own beliefs on issues.

George Bush is an idiot to me because of the people in my life I've met and experienced that have the same traits he exhibits, not because of something the Dems or Michael Moore or Moveon.org say about him. My morning news comes from an extremely conservative newspaper which I read voraciously. I look at articles on the internet with an open mind and try to find balanced views of each issue. When I hear a news anchor on television giving a story I always analyze in my mind what part of that story could be their own bias.

My other experience in life has been that people that tend to pidgeon-hole others as you're doing, are basing their bias on their own failings. Are all of your thoughts only influenced by the spin of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly? I try not to believe that but if you somehow think that of people on here that don't like Bush, maybe it's because of some defect in your own personality that you assume exists in everyone else.

I'm not surprised you discount my concern about political leaders that wear their religion on their sleeves. A desire to mix religion, values and public policy seems to be the irrationality that binds the conservative movement these days. It is based on a very narrow and incorrect view that the framers of our Constitution were deeply religious people. There is strong evidence that the main movers and shakers of those times such as Jeffereson, Adams and Franklin were resolute about preventing the exact things the government is trying to do today. I've even read quotes from Lincoln that seem to indicate he held a huge disdain for religion. Who's buying the spin now?