Putting aside Judge Sotomayor's opinion on Ricci, which is being misrepresented, and her out-of-context quote, does the GOP, which already has alienated many Latinos with its hardline stance on immigration, really want to do even more to drive out those Hispanics who remain in their party by using "racism" charges to attack her?

By doing so, they may move even more states such as Arizona into the Democratic column, continuing their decline into a Southern regional party composed primarily of old white men. They are following in the footsteps of the Whig Party, who at one point included such national figures as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and a young Abraham Lincoln but was destroyed by the issue of slavery.

There is a difference between being anti-Israel and anti-Semitic and, Goodbye to All That, your letter proves that you are the latter.

How very ironic that it is precisely because of people like you who tried to wipe out an entire religion that there is a state of Israel. When the world witnessed what had occurred during the Holocaust, it let its conscience be its guide in establishing a safe haven for the remnants of European Jewry that remained after more than two-thirds had been slaughtered by the Nazis.

Your rhetoric would do Adolph Hitler proud, and I quote from your posting:

"Send in the troops and kill and kick out all the Jews..... Then tear down that stupid western wall and destroy all physical evidence of their gutter religion so they have nothing left to go back to..."

Goodbye to All That, the only way to even begin to have a rational discussion about the Middle East is to get rid of the flamethrowers on both sides, those who think Israel can do no wrong and those like you who believe it can do no right and who use the situation in the Middle East as an excuse to promote their hatred of all Jewish people.

If people who don't like the president's policies would limit themselves to discussing why they disagree with them instead of falling back on words like socialist, fascist (not sure how he could be both, but oh well...) and AntiChrist, perhaps we could actually have rational debate about the real issues in our nation instead of the bizarre insanity that is driving moderates out of the GOP.

Barry Goldwater, the father of the modern conservative movement, warned about letting the religious right take over the Republican party and attempting to turn their religious beliefs into law

Those who forgive Wright by saying he's just an ignorant old fool should take a look at the 89-year-old murderer at the Holocaust Museum today.

Such hatred should be condemned by all, especially by any member of a minority who knows what it is like to be judged not by their deeds or their character but their race or religion.

Those white supremacists who hate Jews, Rev. Wright, also hate you but instead of banding together against a common enemy, we fall into the trap of letting them divide and conquer us.

How interesting to see someone who goes by "American Fascist" spring to the defense of Rev. Wright by blaming this on the "Jewmedia".

I can't imagine anyone using that name is any fonder of African-Americans than people who are Jewish so I suppose the idea is to divide and conquer people who should be allies, not enemies, let us destroy each other and then claim America for the white supremacists

It is hypocritical for the left to blame conservatives for the Holocaust Museum shooter but to give the Rev. Wright a pass on his anti-Semitism

Should the United States reinstate the draft to get around the problem of the military not having sufficient volunteers unless standards are lowered?

I for one find it very disturbing that being a white supremacist would be OK but being gay is grounds for dismissal

Should the United States reinstate the draft to get around the problem of the military not having sufficient volunteers unless standards are lowered?

I for one find it very disturbing that being a white supremacist would be OK but being gay is grounds for dismissal

As someone with a friend in Tehran whose family has been protesting, I hope those on all sides who are trying to turn this into an American political issue will take a moment out of partisan politics to pray for the brave people of Iran who are risking their lives to have their voices heard and their votes counted

Ithink John Edwards tried to pick up the mantle of RFK, who truly was touched by the terrible poverty he saw, but I never sensed that he was sincere. As blogger Francis Holland once said, "Electing Edwards to challenge the status quo is like supporting a queen to challenge the monarchy."

I am not a puritan by any means but really dislike a hypocrite such as Edwards who condemned Bill Clinton in 1999 saying "This president has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter"

Elizabeth Edwards, who wanted her husband to quit the presidential race because of the destruction it would cause her family if the affair with Rielle Hunter came out, deserves far better than this lightweight.