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MY, MY---Mr. Bozell should re-visit "FACT LAND" before writing these skreeds. The Left wing of the Democratic party as the source of the Republican Party, Conservative Ideology and Mr. Bush's illegal war, personal/institutional integrity and popularity problems? Only if we Liberals now represent 82% of the American electorate---while that would be good for America, the fact that he can still manufacture these kinds of lies and misrepresentations and find a market for them says that is not the case. How about Swift Boats and John Kerry? He seems to believe that every word from the swift boat ads is true...yet a large part of their claim was that Mr. Kerry didn't really earn his medals--even as his service record verified 3 (not 1, not 2 but THREE purple hearts, a Medal of Honor and all the other medals he claimed)---Further their angry ads were fueled by personal anymous that Mr. Kerry would dare to be a veteran who found the war in which he served pointless and illegal and would then use public acts of conscience to re-deem his personal shame at his participation--yet Many, Many Vietnam era vets will tell you that they now regret being involved and history shows it, like the Iraq war that followed it, to be a conflict that didn't serve our countries interests and was started with lies (can you say "gulf of tonkin") to allow LBJ to chase his cold war ideology. Does that make them any less heroes and veterans who served proudly and with honor? Does that mean that we disregard their service now and call them liars, degenerates and anti-American? For TELLING THE TRUTH? For BEING SMART ENOUGH AND PRINCIPALED ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH? NO--this isn't about the "left wing conspiracy"--this revisionist article is about a political party and ideology that is RUNNING AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY for it's flawed policies, corrupt politicians with their filthy tactics and an American public that has re-awakened to their perfidy and lack of concern for all but the Royal Class of the rich. And much like the period following Coolidge and Hoover in 1929-1994 the outcomes this time will inform a new generation to put the Conservative/Religionist/Revisionist Republican party into a semi-permanent minority status---as they so richly deserve.

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As a registered Democrat who has voted more and more frequently for Republican presidential candidates - I wanted to reassure you that the WORST thing that can happen to a Democratic presidential candidate is to be anointed by the liberal press! There was VERY little controversy when Kerry was running - and, in the general election, Kerry only managed to grab off two states. I personally quit voting for Democratic presidential candidates when I watched one convention and the Democratic candidate was bowing and scraping to the loud huzzahs of the gay and lesbian political activists. However, I believe that the Obama candidacy will probably end up driving a final nail into the coffin for the Democratic party. THIS time around, even my 87 year old mother is saying that she will vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination. In fact, by now, she is even saying that she would vote for McCain if Hillary got the nomination and then invited Obama to serve as Vice President! My mother has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate ever since Roosevelt's administration! But, you know, back in those days, you could actually publicly be opposed to stuff like abortion and communism and STILL be welcomed by the Democratic party. (Indeed - if you read some of the campaign speeches by J.F. Kennedy, you will notice that even Kennedy viewed communism as a gross evil.) Back in the days when the gay and lesbian political front was first rising, a former Democratic governor from Colorado warned the Democrats in Colorado that IF the Democratic party bowed down and worshipped at the gay and lesbian altar, Democrats could pretty much kiss the White House good-bye for good and always! In THOSE days - not all that long ago - it was possible to say something like that in public and STILL be considered a Democrat. Those days are long gone now, of course. But the former Governor's words have proved to be MORE THAN prophetic! All McCain has to do is avoid putting his foot in his mouth between now and election day - and he will turn out to be a shoo-in for the White House. Personally, I had already decided to vote for McCain when Clinton and Obama turned out to be the major Democratic front-runners. About the only thing that an Obama candidacy will succeed in doing is driving the last remaining old-line Democrats into the Republican column for good and always. Sincerely, Heather MacLaren, Kiowa, Colorado