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To: LindyBill who wrote (108464)	4/9/2005 2:42:08 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793964

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I don't understand why the obvious is never understood. There are loyal Republicans like me who detest sleazy Tom DeLay, the religious fanatics, and all the folderol that comes with any form of extremism. But there is no way that I'll saddle up to the Dem tent and ask for admission, not until it gets rid of its own lunatics and becomes a lot more centrist than it is. Both parties suffer from the activism, noise, and visibility of their respective ideological fringe. What neither do is allow the fringes to have effective control because doing so is politically suicidal. The fact of the matter is that the GOP tent is a big one. And populated by some very shrewd operators who know that the far right will bring votes, but that putting one of them on a presidential ballot is simply insane. The Goldwater lesson is one which has been absorbed by the GOP, if not necessarily by the Dems. I recall when Pat Buchanan made his bid. I had a very spirited discussion with a hard right, religious fanatic about his candidacy. The poor guy was fantasizing about Pres. Buchanan and got very upset with me when I told him he was unelectable and therefore would never be nominated. He of course ended up voting for the GOP.