Vis a vis different meanings of "bush" department: Whoopi Goldberg rather vehemently denies the massively reported statement she allegedly made during the last election series on the new 4 DVD Movies 101 set. For an interview collection, it's surprisingly entertaining.
This is exactly the problem. The word "bush" obviously has multiple meanings. However, much as I love a good pun, and I do, to take someone's name and make it nasty smacks of the schoolyard. It's the sort of thing I expect from Ann Coulter. (And it doesn't matter if Whoopi actually said what was reported, or if she was used, it remains that
someone had the schoolyard mentality to push it forward.)
Maybe it's being a political moderate, having to fight the radical left and radical right simultaneously, that is at the root of my reaction. Please remember, der Brucer and I were
very active politically as members of Log Cabin Republicans (basic profile: fiscal conservatives, social moderates) up until we moved to Delaware four years ago. Der B still does consulting work for them. There was a large contingent of Republican moderates that were glad to have us in the room - our presence helped shame the radicals into keeping their mouths shut. I have been picketed in Dallas, Texas. I have been screamed at (several times) while helping man a booth for LCR at the Los Angeles Gay Pride Festival.
Am I a Bush fan? Absolutely not. He stands for far too many things that I do not. But your phrase "Don't we all" dismissively smacked of
everyone having the same mindset. We clearly don't.
