@djjd62,
djjd62, I think what the issue really becomes is judgement of character, and although Bush and Cheney were demonized by the Left for years, along with a willing liberal press, it is my opinion that Bush and Cheney both are very decent people. Part of the reason I stated that about loving their country is the fact that I really believe they do. I have a much more difficult time believing folks like Obama love America, I have my doubts. In fact, I think he loves his own political career alot more than he does this country. I think he has much of the same attitude as his mentor, Jeremiah Wright, I think he has long held resentments and beliefs that America has been unfair and a rotten country, and it needs to be straightened out, and he is the man to do it. And many other ultra liberal and radical Democrats feel the same way as he does.
I know this is a very controversial thing to say, but I really do believe more Republicans love their country. I have no doubts many Democrats do as well, but I think there are many extreme liberal Democrats that have deeply held resentments toward America, moreso than Republicans. Why do you think Obama was shouting "change" so constantly that it became his battle cry during the campaign. He really did not like America as it has been and as it was.
In regard to libertarians and independents being behind the 9/11 conspiracy theories, I doubt it, but I would be willing to look at any evidence you could dredge up. I think rather that the people behind such theories are the radicals, the Michael Moore types, the ultra leftists that think America is evil, and that rich Republican capitalists are the evil people behind it all, perhaps even also believing the rich Jews are involved as well. When you get right down to it, the mindset is not far from that of the Jeremiah Wrights of the world, and he is no libertarian or independent, I can assure you of that.