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To: MrLucky who wrote (266452)	9/6/2008 4:08:26 PM
From: mph	13 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793990

Even more simply, the wacko left has only itself to blame for the in-the-toilet style of current political discourse. They bad-mouthed Bush from the second he beat off Gore's legal challenges. It's just gotten progressively worse. To me, the truth is that Bush attempted too much bi-partisanship during his tenure. Like working with Kennedy on the education bill. What WAS he thinking? The left has done nothing but criticize Bush over that bill from the outset. What's the point of cooperation with the Dems? No matter what happens they stab you in the back. Bush should also have used his veto power extensively. I do not know which legal advisor gave him the brilliant notion to use "signing statements" in lieu of veto, but that person or person(s) should have been terminated early on. Now McCain has evidently read the tea leaves to suggest that independents and moderate democrats will decide this election AND that they want bi-partisanship and cooperation. I'm not convinced of that. In fact, I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about this. What's happened is that the Democrats have tilted so very far to the left that they have forced the Republicans, not just to the center, but almost to the left of center. It's like a gigantic tug of war. I don't for a minute believe this is an accident. This is a culture war. That explains why BO has been so shamelessly promoted by the Dems and their henchmen in the media. They want to cram the radical left agenda down the throats of Americans dressed up in the guise of an attractive black man so that they can play the race card to shoehorn him in. [Hill as a white woman just didn't cut it for the script.] I just hope that McCain's play to the "independents" and willingness to "reach across the aisle" doesn't make him a patsy for the real agenda of the left, which is to emasculate the country and make us just like the weak Europeans, who cannot get out of their own way.