nakedemperor said:Let me throw it to you like this..."Bush favors the rich". This is countered by the Republican sentiment that John Kerry disfavors the middle class. This is an ideological difference which would fuel a large rift. You can say someone is wrong about this, but don't say they're saying it merely because they 'hate' Bush. I, personally, *dislike* W. because I'm not convinced of the feasibility of top-down economics. But I'm not going around saying people 'hate' Kerry because they disagree with him on this point.Your original sentiment that the Democrats are all secretly anti-war and that Kerry's support is generated almost exclusively by hatred for George W. Bush seems antithetical to the ideas expressed by the language of the "liberal" voice you assumed in your post.
I suppose my main beef has to do with the assertion that the hypothetical liberal rant you presupposed was 'caused' by 'hatred' for Bush. I'd say that what you call hatred (and I call dislike and distrust, by and large) follows FROM these ideological differences, not expressed BECAUSE of hatred.
There are of course some people who hate Bush. But to discredit the credibility of a liberal's (or an anti-Bush's) assertions by assuming what their motivations are is to do a great injustice to these people.
I appreciate the tone of your message. There are sure alot of judgemental and disrepectful comments. I love an intelligent debate of the issues especially when both sides are LISTENING to each other. Right and wrong are value judgements and opinions, not absolutes, no matter how desperately we want them to be. Anyone who has decided that they are absolutely right could end up being just the opposite.