Right, Carol. I think that if Jim had, as you said, searched people's posting history here on Mudcat, he would have disabused himself of his apparent misconceptions and would not have made the mistake he made in the "Scooter—Free" thread. It certainly isn't difficult to figure out who here would most definitely not have supported and voted for Bush. The vast majority. In fact, of those who post here, you could probably count the people who did vote for Bush on the fingers of one hand. Mudcat is definitely not representative of the razor-thin 50 – 50 split in the American electorate. To accuse most or all of the Mudcat folks of supporting Bush and then lying about voting for him is a guaranteed method of alienating oneself. Sure, somebody must have voted for him, but you sure as hell aren't going to find many of them around here!

Jim is one helluva fine musician and singer and an intelligent guy, and I'm sure he has a lot to contribute in many areas.   I'd hate to see him persist in the misconception for two reasons:   first, what he said is just plain wrong, and second, I think his heart's in the right place and in his understandable disgust with the current administration, he just misread the crew here.

I agree with everything Keith Olbermann said, and I'm certain that the vast majority of Mudcatters either have, or will, respond to it with enthusiastic shouts of "Right On!!"

I've signed the "Impeach Cheney" petition. I'm not sure it will go anywhere, but I hope it does. I think it would greatly improve America's prestige in the world (which has slid badly in the past few decades and has taken one helluva hit lately) if the American people rose up and started throwing those Bozos out of office. We'll see. In the meantime, as patriotic Americans, it's our duty to make sure that nothing like the Bush Catastrophe ever happens again.

Don Firth