Ran into another Bush lover today... Left confused as hell

Why would these Bush supporters give up their right to think for themselves and throw all of their support behind a man as so clearly incompetent as George W. Bush?

Bush himself never rationally thinks an issue through before he makes a policy decision because he's too busy using his "gut instinct" or relying on some divine revelation instead of finding out whatever the facts are. His belief is all he needs. Facts are merely inconvenient obstacles that can be either suppressed or ignored, or both.

This approach to life must really appeal to all those Bush-lovers out in the world. Ignorance truly is bliss, I guess.

But then, if Bush's guts and direction from God Almighty are the proper ways to conduct his administration, how else would one explain the fact of the completely hosed up situation we find ourselves in today? Utter incompetence? Blatant malfeasence? Intentional mismanagement?

Neo-cons express a love for our country to the exclusion of all others. Yet they support a man who is doing everything to drag it's good name through the mud.

I just don't understand it. So I ask again; Why would they do this?

I see them every day in my work and the Bushzis certainly fit all the right criteria for these categories of mental illness

I've noticed with conservatives that they tend to be very rigid in their cultural thinking while embracing technological change as long as it doesn't directly produce a progressive cultural effect. The "Fear and aggression" aspect is obvious to me. Conservatives often talk in terms of their own personal danger or victimhood while progressives seem to be more outraged at the victimhood of others.

The backlash against the outrage of the prison scandal.

They even come up with the improbable excuse that everyone of those detainees were either terrorists or potential terrorists and they got what they deserved.

Yet they ignore the fact that at least 75%, by Red Cross estimates, are innocent.

Just ask.

Ask Bushistas why they are supporting him. Within a few minutes, they'll give you the rope to hang them with.

A few minutes more, and they hang themselves.

Later, when you run into them, they have a Kerry pin on.

It's so easy to do it's not even ironic anymore.

--bkl

They only feel comfortable when they can think that America is strong and a leader and economically strong, saintly and free and for some, white and christian.

They have never travelled or if they have, were traumitized by the differences in cultures or too bigoted to benefit.

They fight knowledge that would shatter their perception.

A few are the money driven people who can't process the logic of the failure of trickle-down and find it easy to trust in a cheerlelading, back slapper who is aw shucks-smiley and arrogant even when they know they and their loved ones are getting robbed - as in the prescription for one. Or, if unimpressed with the aw shucks, believe decades old lies about their opposites.

They find extreme comfort in their obstinacy.

admitt they made the mistake of voting for him. others refuse to believe that he would lie to them. others are just plain dumb.

Some people are loners and some people prefers to be with others.

People who are loners tend to do their own thinking, rather than let group think lead them. People who prefer to be with others tend to join up--churches, the military, support groups, social clubs, whatever...you get my drift.

But someone who is religious but not spiritual (which requires some alone time to look inside yourself), the Republican party is a great place to be. It addresses issues that are basically social: religion, patriotism, capitalism, partisanship. It makes sense then that they wouldn't question the leader of the Free World and Republican Party--why would they? It would mean they are going against The Gang. And furthermore, God called Bush--he said so himself, so it must be true.

Just a theory.