I, for one, will not watch the speech tonight. I am past the point where I can tolerate Bush’s face or words. It’s simply I no longer trust a word he says. I say this as a moderate who voted for Ford, Bush 41 twice, Bush 43 in 2000 ( I honestly felt Bush was less dangerous than Gore - what a fool I was).

It’s gotten to the point where Bush is like squeaky chalk on a blackboard to me. It’s personal and I think the reason I’m so upset is that Bush and the current crop of Republicans have pushed me further to the left than I feel comfortable.

I’ve always been very conservative on fiscal issues and that made it hard for me to vote for Democrats. However, on social issues I was always more Libertarian. However, now I feel betrayed by our political environment. Republicans have turned into radicals who are out to destroy the America I love. They actually remind me of the SDS of my youthful college days - radicals sowing chaos as a way of forcing radical change.

Thus I am still not a Democrat but I am an Anti-Republican. Call it BDS or anything you like, but the feelings are genuine.