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More and more, the Republican party is unable to discuss policy or ideas. They were very effective with character assassination during the last Presidential election and I believe it has become SOP for Republicans to resort to personal attacks (truth be dammed) to deflect criticism and opposition, and to avoid discussing important issues.
It will bite them in the arse. Then we can criticize and oppose the Democrats   .
Really? So the personal attacks on Bush were excusable but the ones on Kerry were not? Ann Coulter needs to be excoriated but Al Franken can say whatever he wants? Democrats are experts at political hardball, Republicans are just now beginning to play that game at anywhere close to their level. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid get on TV every single day and get nastier with Bush than Newt or Bob Dole ever did with Clinton. Michael Moore got a hero’s welcome at the 2004 Democrat national convention after releasing a rabid hate screed directed at Bush. As for ideas, what are the Democrats going to run on this year? Except for opposition to whatever George Bush or the Republicans in Congress propose they have no policies or ideas. Their only discernable policy is to stymie all legislative action and then blame the Republicans for getting nothing done.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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