Response to Dionne

I deleted a comment which linked to E J Dionne in its entirety, arguing that Bush was not a uniter but a divider (my paraphrase). This was prompted by me saying that, basically, Osama supported Kerry.

Osama did support Kerry. That is not to claim that Kerry supports Osama, I’m quite confident Kerry would shoot him personally if given a chance. But sometimes looking at who your enemies prefer is a good way to judge an issue.

I don’t tend to respect E J Dionne. He writes that Bush should have been like Eisenhower. What he doesn’t write explicitly, is that Bush should have abandoned his beliefs in favor of the Democrats in order to buy their loyalty.

That price is too high.

The nation had a right to expect the Democrats to place loyalty to our country ahead of loyalty to their party. They failed to do this.

The Republicans have a very long history of this. Modern Democrats are unable to meet this test.