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To: LindyBill who wrote (35959)	3/21/2004 6:43:09 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793750

A cri de coeur from Armed Liberal at Winds of Change.Net: See You In The Funny Papers Armed Liberal Look. I'm a lifelong Democrat. I'm desperately trying to get a handle on this election, as I weigh Bush's foreign policy - which is a lot closer to my beliefs than what I've heard from Kerry to date - against his damaging domestic policies. I'm actually working on the question of what Kerry could say that would convince me - I'm drafting the speech and will put it up here sometime this week. Now go over and click on today's Doonesbury, if you haven't seen it in the paper yet. Look, Trudeau stopped being funny or truly sharp about five or ten years ago. He now takes a cleaver to large and obvious targets, but instead of speaking 'truth to power' and looking at the deep problems with the powerful classes that lead our society, he's joined them in the Hamptons, and is standing there, aperitif in hand, chatting with Babs and skewering Bush - which doubtless makes him feel in touch with his rebellious youth. In this specific case, it would have been nice to note that Kerry also asked for and received an early discharge from the Navy so he could run for Congress. Garry, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution. It'd be nice to see that self-awareness reflected in your work somewhere. And to the editors of the Los Angeles Times (click here to email Jamie Gold, the reader's representative): Could we think about moving it to the editorial pages until the election is over? I'm having a hard time explaining to my seven-year old that things aren't quite so black-and-white as far as the election is concerned. Actually, could we just retire it honorably and find some new talent?