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To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (106911)	9/10/2007 6:45:38 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 173976

And a very ill-mannered one... Thank you. They say I take after my GOP father in that regard.

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (106911)	9/10/2007 6:56:50 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

Don't ask him any history questions, you will get sick to your stomach with the state of our schoool system

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (106911)	9/11/2007 2:22:10 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 173976

Just for you.....from one of your pundits: Bad news just keeps on coming for the Grim Old Party September 3, 2007 ROBERT NOVAK novakevans@aol.com During the summer, a female acquaintance of mine in her 70s who had been a faithful Republican was solicited by a GOP cold caller as a previous contributor to the party. Not this time. She informed the fund-raiser that President Bush's position on immigration was the last straw. She would not give the Republicans another dime -- not now, maybe never. So, she told him, "Stop calling me!" That rebuff, commonplace in today's Republican fund-raising, puts a human face on the Federal Election Commission's cold statistics. They show a commanding Democratic lead over Republicans in raising money for the 2008 elections. Such an unusual disparity is at once a symptom and a contributing cause of the melancholy suffusing the Grand Old Party as Congress reconvenes after the August break. As measured by offices held, Republicans have been in much worse shape during my half century of reporting in Washington. Their party was a mere remnant after the Democratic landslides of 1958, 1964 and 1974. But never before have I seen morale within the party so low. While Republican support for an unpopular war has remained remarkably strong, almost all non-war news during the dreary August recess has been bad for the GOP. The week before Labor Day, when nothing of importance was supposed to happen, brought bad news for the party just as it appeared nothing worse was possible: • • The disgrace of Sen. Larry Craig, a former member of the party leadership, is all the worse because several Republican senators and Senate staffers were not a bit surprised. That raises two questions. If so many people knew Craig was an accident waiting to happen, why was he not eased out of office? How many other examples of scandalous behavior are known but hidden? • • The decision by Sen. John Warner, announced Friday, not to seek a sixth term from Virginia at age 80 was no surprise but still a disappointment. Former Gov. Mark Warner, no relation and a Democrat, is an overwhelming favorite to win in Virginia next year. Republicans privately estimate that this will be one of four Senate seats they will lose in 2008, giving Democratic leader Harry Reid a real working majority. • • Rep. Rick Renzi announced he would not seek a fourth term for the highly competitive Arizona northern district that could go Democratic. That represents a double whammy for Republicans. Renzi, investigated by the FBI for receiving an alleged kickback in a land transaction, is but one of at least half a dozen House Republicans under federal inquiry. In addition, a growing number of scandal-free GOP incumbents representing contested districts are heading for the exits. That depresses meager hopes for restoring a Republican majority in the House. • • Most of the dwindled contingent of Republican governors have abandoned conservative principles to embrace the Democratic-sponsored extension of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to people who are neither children nor poor. Only three -- Indiana's Mitch Daniels, Mississippi's Haley Barbour and South Carolina's Mark Sanford -- resist the lure of federal dollars. Given these multiple developments, the melancholic Republicans yearn for a leader. The party's many presidential candidates pretend that George W. Bush does not really exist, not mentioning his name during debates. But none has inspired the party faithful. Front-runner Rudy Giuliani is anathema to social conservatives who were the core of Republican success for more than two decades. This situation explains the interest in Fred Thompson as a savior. Mitt Romney approached the calamitous atmosphere last week by asserting that Sen. Craig, until last week his Idaho state chairman, is part of the capital's corruption that only a real outsider -- specifically, the former governor of Massachusetts -- can cure. Past candidates have succeeded in pointing to corruption in Washington, but always by the opposite party. The Republican Party's next leader faces a more complicated problem. suntimes.com Report TOU Violation Recommend This Post