It appears by the response to the article that most people have already made up their mind on the matter. One side is right, and the other side should be annihilated.

While I'd like to think I'm a very compassionate person, I'm starting to wonder why any outsiders should give a shit either way about this very exasperating conflict.

Why has it been allowed to destabalize the peace of nearly the entire world? Because we've let it is the only reason I can surmise.

None of the candidates have been horrible. The Republican-run media has merely done a good job of convincing even Democrats of that. If the Democrats owned the media, they would not only have the opportinity to define themselves positively, but also define their political opponents before they had an opportunity to define themselves.

IT'S ABOUT THE MEDIA, STUPID MORONIC SIMPLE MINDED IDIOTS!!!

Look how far Salon has swung in the past year in their fear of

Until everyone figures out what the real problem is, and a way to combat it, we might as well pack it in.

He ratted out Cheney. Cheney will resign. Jeb Bush will be appointed Vice President, and he will then be appointed President in 2008 by the Diebold electronic voting machines.

Was Biden speaking to a group of people who are anti-Indian? It sounds like he was speaking to an Indian-American person.

Does Biden have a history of proposing or supporting legislation that somehow oppresses Indians or other minorities? Does Biden have a history of making racially offensive statements?

Is there a difference between a clearly non-bigotted person making light of racial stereo types and a bigotted person making insiteful statements?

I have no problem with Salon trying to prove that they are equal opportunity watch dogs, but try to pick something that has a little meat on it for crying out loud. You could write 50 stories like this a day in War Room if this is the standard of being news worthy.

Ken Mehlman over-seeing the sale of classified information to lobbyist Jack Abramoff does not equate to Joe Biden making an Indian-American 7-Eleven joke to an Indian-American.

It's hard to deal with people who:

1. Are so easily manipulated into being scared that they piss their pants at the sight of an Arab person.

2. Will never ever take into consideration that a belief they currently hold just might not make a lick of sense (example: our current military actions are REDUCING the number of terrorists).

In other words, regardless of current or future poles, at least 85% of the people who voted for Bush in the last election will vote Republican in 2006.

Yeah- Sidney will get right on that. Were you serious? I hope you're not what we have to count on for Minnesota Democrats or Patti Wetterling is in deep shit. Keep that whiney crap to yourself.

On the other hand, that Stephen Rifkin comment was the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I nearly pissed myself.

This story isn't news.?

So another Republican has proven that the message he peddles during campaign season is the exact opposite of his true beliefs, and he was merely putting on an act to get your vote and fuck you after he got elected.

You call that news?

Tim Grieve isn't bitter, he's just another "fair-minded" guy who puts a star next to someones letter just to illustrate the point that he can take criticism. That's what I hate about fellow liberals.

While his concept is very psychoanalytic, I personally believe he has conveyed the differences quite accuratley. However, I think there is a cause and effect (or perhaps chicken and egg) issue with it.

As you can see with the current Republican power holders, there has been a major shift in "conservatism" between the present and the recent past. They're peddling the same messages as they essentially have in the past, but they are governing very differently. What this means to me is, it doesn't matter how you govern (who gives a shit about that?), but rather how you get elected.

I don't believe that conservatives peddle their message better than liberals per se. I just believe that they have an easier message to peddle. It resonates not with who people are, but with who people of today want to be; who in their raw human weaknesses they want to be.

Furthermore, it is not a coincidence that their message is easier to sell. They CHOSE their message BECAUSE it is easier to sell. The message gets you elected, it gets you power. After that, who cares. Sell a certain message, get elected. Govern completely contrary to the message, and only to the degree that the dip shits think you DID govern to the message. The ONLY time those who put you in office ever have to make a decision is on election day. Whether they agree with how you govern or not, most will defend their decision to the grave.

How did letter writer AC think this line fit into his logic: "Clearly the liberal left is hoping that they can get conjugal visits with the Islamofascists." Man, you conservatives are really sexually frustrated.

You can kill all the brown people you want, and you;re still going to find something that scares you equally as much. Perhaps I should say that someone you worship will tell you what else to be afraid of.

For those who love democracy, freedom trumps fear. For Republican conservatives, fear trumps freedom. And with the amount of fear I see being peddled around, we're getting close to the point of no return.

In the past, fear didn't sell, so those seeking absolute power were shit out of luck. But you got to give it to these new guys in charge in terms of their business acumen- they found out how to push their product (fear) for their own gain (power).

What is Jim Webb (or at least his campaign advisors) up to in 2008? I have an idea.