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To: KonKilo who wrote (8957)	9/23/2003 12:25:54 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793698

Its called Opposition...highly recommended for the healthy democracy Yep. I make the rounds daily. And the good writers are on the right. Big change from 40 years ago. Used to be that conservative writers were terrible. But the left stills owns the Journalists. At least 80% or better vote left. Including the Editors. They just don't produce as many good op-ed people compared to the right.

To: KonKilo who wrote (8957)	9/23/2003 12:36:28 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793698

ANDREW SULLIVAN: THE HATRED SWELLS: "Please tell me, Andrew: why are you keeping track of Bush hatred? Are you on the administration’s payroll? Do you report those who are critical, make sure they don’t work in this town (America) ever again? There's nothing lower than a lapdog anyway, but a lapdog for the moral cretins that are the Bushies is a gutter-level low. Disgusting and pathetic. Yes, many of us "hate" Bush and company, and for precisely the reasons Susan Lenfesty mentions. We are on a metaphorical flight into a metaphorical building – and yes, somebody besides Bush can analogize 9/11 (although Bush doesn’t analogize 9/11, he explicitly cites it, and for political gain). It's absolutely repulsive the way people like you lay curled at the feet of this wanna-be dictator (his own words, bespeaking dreams) and bark at the ones who question him and his policies. Don't even begin to think that American casualties in Iraq keep any of them up at night. For these monsters, it's a harvest of souls...or, monster food." ALRIGHTY THEN: This email is not atypical of many I get about Bush. (And, of course, I've been plenty critical of some aspects of this administration, especially on fiscal and cultural matters). I just don't think Bush is maliciously intent on destroying the fabric of the country. In fact, I think the president has done a pretty good job of responding boldly to some of the gravest crises the country has ever faced. But the intensity of the desire to see him defeated - by whatever means and whoever benefits - is a real phenomenon. It's stronger and more widespread than the antipathy to Clinton in, say, 1996. It will propel the coming electoral cycle. All the frustration that so many felt at the cultural realignment in the wake of 9/11 is going to come to a head. It was bad enough that this moron was elected. But that he presided over a real shift in the country's mood - against moral relativism, against apologizing for American power, against appeasement of Islamo-extremism - is still too much to contemplate with equanimity. This is payback time. Check out this Boston Herald story for some price quotes from the rabid base.The worldview of some has been shaken. And they are desperate to see it restored. - 12:16:31 AM andrewsullivan.com