"If a Republican presidential candidate promised to strangle neoconservatism and throw it on the dustbin of history, I would be very open to voting Republican in 2008."

I echo that thought!

I feel more repulsion for the spineless democrats in congress than for the evil promulgated by the Bush administration.

I will vote for any candidate that will stop this war and its associated lunacy. Torture is especially repugnant to me and I just can’t believe that so many Americans can carry it out for the Bushies without raising some kind of rebellion.

It would be great to have a coherent, articulate, humane, human-being in the White House once again.

Both Odom and Hagel appear to be a great candidates, from my-point-of- view.

"Moyers' documentary is a superb piece of journalism and makes inescapably clear how profoundly corrupt our dominant political and media institutions were prior to the invasion. But most national "journalists" will simply ignore the whole program (as Digby notes, The New York Times, one of the principal culprits, did not even review it)."

I was, and still am repulsed, by the coverage of the New York Times during the run-up to the Iraq War.

I am embarrassed by the various explanations given by the VIP's in the organization.

As when Elisabeth Bumiller and her editors ignored Steve Colbert's monologue at the Press Corps gala in D.C. last year (incidentally viewed by millions within 48 hours on Youtube) because it wasn't newsworthy, they again have chosen to ignore another story that harms their reputation.

Hillary can't admit that she was snookered and neither can the New York Times.

I find the reporting by Patrick Healy and Bumiller very biased. Friedman is truly culpable for his undeserved influence. His support for the war was maniacal.

How come I could discern everything that was awry, confirmed by the plethora of books on the incompetency of the administration and their ulterior motives, and not have the New York Times Whitehouse press reporters able to do so. They are properly called Bush lapdogs. I am a nobody!

Seems like you're getting some pretty good hard-assed advice.

But I am an old man and reflecting on my life, I realize now I fought many battles based on "principles." I would fight for a long time to prove my very real, valid point and sometimes my actions weren't very nice. Surprisingly, sometimes they were appreciated.

I also got screwed by very good friends, sometimes because "family comes first" especially the kids. These guys could rent prostitutes and gamble their money away and then go to church with aplomb. Debts couldn't be paid because of family needs.

I made life for myself more difficult than it needed to be.

Life isn't fair nor easy. Learn a lesson. Move on. Then make every effort to ignore the ass-holes.

But it isn't easy to discern the ass-holes, unfortunately.

I enjoy reading Glenn because he talks to many points that I consider important and can't find in the MSM. It's also impressive that he reads the comments.

1. The ineffectiveness of the democrats in congress truly amazes me. Hoyer, Baird, and Fienstein appear to be perfect candidates for removal. I would financially support democratic candidates that opposed them. I think that strategy worked for Lamont. Lieberman is part of the pro-Israel, neocon, AEI cabal wanting the USA presence in the Middle East to protect israel. I'm not too sure that he was voted in by the republicans in the general election. I'm going to check the polls but I recall being very surprised that he was voted in by democrats and independents to a goodly amount. Incidentally I have emailed Hoyer hundreds of times over the years complaining of his calling Colbert's appearance at the White House Press Corp dinner as "tasteless," his initial support of the war, his ties to Abramoff and K Street lobbyists, and his vote for the bankruptcy act which devastates poor people. I have never received a reply.

2, When I was protesting the war back in 2002 I was appalled at how cruel the DC police were being to the protesters. Nothing was ever printed in the MSM. It was quite different than the Vietnam war protests and it gave me great concern. Then I kept reading about the national data bases. And as I got into arguments with neocon supporters, they seemed to always end the conversation by telling me that I was being reported to the CIA to be put on the list. I thought about it and concluded that I was accomplishing nothing and probably putting myself in danger They always added that I should be sent to Gitmo.

3. As Paul Krugman stated the other day, it is much easier now to be against the Bush administration than it was in 2002.

WOW! This discussion of posting anon is soooooo interesting. My God. I never considered the depth of such fierce feelings related to such postings. GG's article surely pales, and is simply just prattle compared to the comments relating to the "chatters" emotions. WOW!