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To: LindyBill who wrote (124912)	7/12/2005 10:43:42 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

Is this a trend with politicians going alinear over criticism? Taranto: Voice of Treason A Midwestern governor is accusing a dissenting legislator of "treason" and demanding that he be removed from office. The state is Michigan; the governor, Jennifer GRANHOLM, is a Democrat; and the legislator, Rick Baxter, is a Republican. At issue is a "Cross Country" column Baxter co-wrote with think-tanker Gary Wolfram that appeared Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. Baxter and Wolfram criticized GRANHOLM for proposing to bulk up the Wolverine State's already hefty tax burden. GRANHOLM was born in Canada; she did not breathe the sweet air of freedom until she was 4, when her parents moved to California. This column strongly disagrees with the nativist argument that immigrants cannot adapt to America's democratic culture, but perhaps we'll have to make an exception for Canadians.

To: LindyBill who wrote (124912)	7/12/2005 11:09:53 PM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

Durbin was in this years fourth of July parade here in Evanston. Evanston is a tree hugger, birkenstock kind of place and we typically get more than our fair share of politicians on the fourth. Anyway, he walked down Central street surrounded by about a dozen reasonably sturdy men, all wearing the same shirts. It was noticeable enough that someone standing next to me commented that they didn't know senators got secret service protection. They were probably off duty cops. Another thing in that parade that I've never seen was that the Democratic party walked by carrying posters of GWB and Chenney dressed up in clown outfits. Didn't seem to be the right place for that. Anyway, no charge for that. It was just in my head and it bothered me. ARS