"Hell Hath No Fury..."

You reap what your sow. What goes around comes around. Old sayings don't die for a reason.

I got to thinking last night about W. I got to thinking about how unloved he's become and how unloved he has been for a really long time. Then it hit me, what goes around, comes around.

I know that Republicans like to label us as unpatriotic traitors when we bash Bush and his policies. But let's go beyond the smokescreen, wipe away that lie, and expose the truth.

As Americans, Democrats are no less patriotic today than ever before. It is the culture of spin that the Republicans have created that attempts to label us. Nothing else.

I can speak for myself and I can explain why it is that I do not support Bush. We'll start with the year 2000, and we'll look at how he manipulated his way into office. While it is difficult to kill that old wound when Gore was robbed and the country was swindled, let me say that I am not over it. It was dishonest. It was unfair. It was unpatriotic. It made me angry.

But, it happened. I knew that I was not going to be a big Bush fan from that point on.

Then, 9/11 happened.

Suddenly, I understood that we were a country at war, and that I wanted to support my president.

Bush rose to the occasion and many said that he had found his voice during that time. I put my faith in him, and I trusted that he would protect America and get back at those people that did so much horror and harm. He had both of my ears when he spoke.

Many others were like me, ready to bury the hatchet over the 2000 election.

We went to Afghanistan and kicked ass. I was proud of that. It was what needed to be done.

Out of nowhere, there was some talk about Saddam Hussein and Iraq. You know what follows, fabricated intelligence, leaking of CIA agents, innocent dying in an illegitmate war, Bin laden never found - Bush and his team made us look like a joke around the world - the biggest, richest, most powerful country could not find/capture this one person! In fact, they let him get away at Tora Bora. So much for "Wanted Dead or Alive."

Katrina. More outrage, more lies, more excuses. More death. More destruction.

The list goes on. Simply put, Bush crushed my support and my faith. As many have said, from having our love and support after 9/11, somehow Bush managed to squander the good will of the people in favor of pleasing his elite pals.

I got the message -

My president did not love me.

My president did not love America.

My president did not honor our traditions and our laws.

My president was not patriotic.

My presdient was a liar.

My trust has been misued and abused. I had been lied to. My fellow Americans had been lied too. Our troops were dying side by side with Iraqi's. There was no apology for all this wrong. There was, instead, a stubborn demand sent out, mandating me to support lies, corruption, incompetence and disrespect. I could not do that. I cannot do that. I will not do that. No matter how many names you call me, it does not change that I am American. I am an American with the will and desire to love my president, but it's a two-way street, and you cannot have my love and support when you refuse to admit the ways in which you have hurt my country.

The polls show Bush's approval ratings being very low. I am not the only one feeling that my president has abandoned me. I am not the only one feeling that the president didn't want my love and support all along. He never cared, not then and not now.

Perhaps many think the relationship we have with our president is a public matter, but not really. If any person disregards you in the manner that he has disregarded the entire country, the end result would be the same. When you do your best to alienate many, you will have the support of a few.

In life, when we want to win someone back, we apologize for our mistakes. We apologize for our wrongs and try to make them right. At this point, I am realistic enough to know that this is NOT going to happen. My president does love me or this country enough to help us heal.

You know that other old saying, Hell hath no fury...

And I can't forgive you if you won't apologize.