5/19    People who support Bush, Cliff notes:
        - Believe Abu Gharaib abuse was not systematic.
        - Believe Saddam needed to be put down at some point, because he had
        used WMD in the past and could supply them to terrorists in the
        future; and, because Saddam was a vile leader.
        - Fault the CIA for giving Bush the wrong intelligence on WMD.
          \_ but this is known to be false. the "mobile labs", the uranium,
             blah blah... I don't know what Bush himself has to do with
             anything but "the adminstration" definitely chose to disregard
             and fail to mention the proper caveats. all intelligence has
             varying degrees of certainty and they chose multiple items with
             laughably low probability.
        - Believe the U.S. is giving Iraqis the opportunity for freedom.
        - Believe Bush is always trying to defend the American people, and
        support his "strong leader" approach of never apologizing for mistakes
        made in the pursuit of that goal, when the enemies of America could
        perceive an apology as weakness and proof of the effectiveness of
        terror attacks.
        - Think Kerry would do a worse job as President, since they perceive
        him as "political", rather than a "strong leader".
        - Credit Bush for the absence of terrorist attacks on American soil
        since 9/11.
        - Are willing to sacrifice minor personal liberties for a safe
        homeland.
          \_ I don't believe this one, and disagree with Bush policies on this
             point.  A bunch of other ones are phrased in a very dry way
             that's hard to agree with also. -- ilyas
             \_ There, I put in "minor" personal liberties.
        - Believe in small government, lower taxes, with money saved from
        fewer handouts going toward a strong defense.
        - Believe deficit spending will force a smaller government.
          \_ I would phrase it as 'deficit spending may be a win economically,
             and occasionally deficit spending is necessary for non-economic
             reasons'. -- ilyas
        - Believe Kerry will increase taxes, handouts, and not be able to
        secure the U.S. from another terror attack.
        \_ I don't care that Bush is a Christian.
           \_ Point taken, I removed it.
        \_ The point to this whole list was to show the mindset of a typical
           Bush supporter, not saying that any of it is correct or not. -op
           \_ I don't think 'Bush supporter' is a much different animal than
              'Republican.'