Letters to the Editor
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Wasting Torpedos On A Sinking Ship
Tom Tomorrow, the Republican Party is like the cruise ship that hit a reef in the Mediterranean last week and sank, apparently in part due incompetence or inattention on the part of the captain, who is consequently facing charges. Messieurs Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfelt, and their minions have shown such monumental incompetence over the last 6 years that the Party they head has hit several reefs and is settling in the water. Maybe it can be salvaged, but that operations will take many years. Anyone like McCain who defends their biggest bungle, the Iraq invasion and occupation, or any part of the neocon program can no longer be taken seriously. As has been pointed out, they provide their own ironical satire. Their own illusions have now become their worst enemies, because their actions are woefully misguided in dealing with real problems.
A Democratic sweep of the magnitude of 1936 is in the offing and can only be precluded by the fumbling of Democratic candidates and the promotion of the most unpopular among them by the mainstream media, owned by corporations that have benefited from Bush's policies. Indeed, we see this with the big money going to "moderate" candidates when what the people really want is a total realignment of priorities in Washington, DC. So please, Mr. Tomorrow, let the Republicans slide into their own morass for a while and tell us a little about the hypocrites in the Democratic party, one of whom just may be our next President.