For starters, you are grouping everyone critical of Dubya into one category. We are comprised of everyone. Some are liberals, some are centrists, some are very disgruntled conservatives
I for one don't mention anything about either election. Over and done with. I don't care about appointees. AR made a good statement about how Bush has every right to appoint who he wants as president.
I will not however, let empty rhetoric and bad strategy jeopardize this country without calling it out. I hope we can learn from the Iraq experience and do things right in the future. Part of that process is identifying what has gone wrong and being HONEST with the people. "Final throes" and "mission accomplished" is far from honest. Bogus stats about casualties doesn't help either.
I support someone like McCain willing to compromise on the filibuster issue. I think that and democrats willing to compromise is progress.
One step you could make to help is drop the "liberal" name calling on everyone. ...Definitely keep the the smileys and font variations though. Above all, stay golden.