[bytor2112]

Originally Posted by Elphaba

Then you should have addressed it to me, not to the board in general. We can't read minds, and there was no way CC could have known you were correcting me. I didn't even know it until you just said so.

Speaking of corrections, Bush has also said: "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror."

The point being, his is a common, and juvenile, theme of "with us or against us," and regardless of how he words it, Bush's use of this theme is simplistic and insulting. I am not a member of Bush's "us," and I am not a terrorist.

It is not Bush's place to define who, or what, I am.

Elphaba

Elphaba,

I stand corrected, in the future I will direct my comments appropriately and as for your correction, it still wasn't a comment aimed at you or any US citizen, it was directed to other nations.The context of the speech, that I quoted, is directed at rogue nations that aid and comfort terrorists. It was gived 12 days after a brutal attack. The comments were not directed at you.......and that is my point. The visceral hatred some feel toward Bush causes them to believe things that are not true and your characterization of his comments made in a speech.....are not factual. Bush wasn't defining you, he was issuing a warning to state sponsers of terrorism. I am not saying you are any of these,..... but,you can dislike Bush or hate him if you need to, be a flaming liberal or just a staunch anti-war person regardless of the cause and still be honest. The comments hurled at Bush and the twisting of his comments are intellectually dishonest. One can argue there position effectively, without resorting to cliched commentary and anti-Bush talking points.