Believed it then, still believe it now. This man should be president. Intelligence, experience and integrity. Works for me.

But please, Democrats... if you can POSSIBLY manage it (which I doubt), don't waste valuable time and resources AGAIN with another 10-candidate field. I want to see a more efficient, cohesive, COHERENT campaign this time. Not the ridiculous mess we had in 2004. Millions of hours, and more millions of dollars, were wasted. Try to learn from your mistakes for a change.

Dr. Dean, I expect you to deal with this. And I have all the confidence in the world that you can.

Speak for yourself. Divorce is not "always bad for the children." My father was an abusive, criminal loser. The best thing that ever happened to us was divorce. Heaven only knows where we'd be today if that man had stayed in our lives. Probably in therapy or rehab.

It was hard to get through all of your sanctimonious rant, but one thing was abundantly clear--you think marriage is the be-all and end-all, and two parents who can't stand each other staying together anyway is better for kids than divorce. Think again. If parents are bitter and angry, it's better that they split up than continue to pass that on to their kids every day. If they can possibly find happiness with someone else, the kids are way better off than witnessing hatred, abuse and adultery between their parents.

...you should probably watch it first.

She can try to do like Carrie Bradshaw and have sex like a man, without attachment, or she can try to hold on to the man.

That wasn't Carrie. That was Samantha. Carrie had--and wanted--attachments and relationships. And she definitely tried to hold on to the man, often to her own detriment.

This woman's choice of celibacy isn't a problem for me in the least. But her judgmental, "my religion should be the basis of your life or you're a crapwhore" snobbery is.

They've been using the exact same talking points about how we're losing in Iraq since before we invaded.

That's right, you hateful she-beast... not "liberated," INVADED.

It seems they've finally succeeded in exhausting Americans and, thereby, handing a victory to al-Qaida.

To suggest that the INVASION has been a catastrophic mess because liberals correctly predicted it would be is to suggest that merely saying something makes it so. If that's the case, saying "Mission Accomplished" should have taken care of everything.

I could look out my window right now and insist it's going to rain, but that won't make it rain. And if it does rain, that doesn't mean I "succeeded" in making it rain. Nor does it make me to blame for the rain.

She's just so childish. We "exhausted" Americans, and that's why al Qaeda (there's that sneaky "Iraqis are al Qaeda" thing again...) has "won." It has nothing to do with a shaky premise based on untruths, poor planning, haphazard implementation, ill-equipped troops, a tenuous grasp on reality and lack of any exit strategy whatsoever. Of course not. This war has been an utter failure because the liberals "exhausted" Americans; Americans who had no hands-on presence in the war to begin with. Yeah, whatever.

She reminds me of sports fans who insist their team lost because the other team cheated and bribed the refs.

it started when my employer brought out the Christmas ( oops, did I say a bad word?) I mean Holiday decorations

Crap like this makes me want to buy the gun I don't believe in, and start blowing people away, which I also don't believe in.

No, Christmas is not a bad word. Never has been, never will be. "Happy Holidays" is meant to INCLUDE EVERYONE, not EXCLUDE CHRISTIANS.

And even though I'm a liberal (oops, now I HAVE said a bad word!) I've never had a "holiday" tree (or even heard of one beyond the crazy, fictional "War on Christmas" anecdotes), nor have I protested the playing of Christmas music on the radio. But unlike the legions of Fox News Christmas Warriors, I don't feel the need to outlaw everyone else's holidays in favor of my own.

Yes, December 25th is Christmas and always will be. BUT ALL OF DECEMBER IS NOT. And I don't care what those nutbags think... I will not go around indiscriminately wishing everyone a Merry Christmas for the entire month, any more than I'd go around indiscriminately wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah. "Happy Holidays" covers them all, from Thanksgiving through to New Year's, without making assumptions about a stranger's religion. That's just plain rude.

Lori, I can't tell if what you wrote was sarcasm or actual O'Reilly-ness. But the whole thing still generally pisses me off anyway. It's so juvenile.

Happy Holidays, everyone. Even if you're NOT Christian.

We've tried for many long years to play nice with these bullies. And the whole time, their attitude has been "it's our ball, and we'll do what we want with it. We make the rules around here." The Democrats have not only been ignored, but pointedly shut out AND insulted by this administration, no matter how many times we called for unity and bipartisanship. The very idea was always ridiculed as "weak" by The Macho Party. It was their way or the highway, and for the past six years it's been their way.

Now suddenly it's "Can't we all get along? Why oh WHY can't these nasty Democrats see that bipartisanship is the ONLY way our country will ever succeed? Why are they so MEAN?" They do this ALL THE TIME. They beat us down, make fun of our decency, and then when it suits them, they turn around and start parroting our values as their own... and admonishing us for not having the same values; the ones they never shared, and always scoffed at, but conveniently co-opted when they sensed a shift in public opinion. It's their favorite game.

I'm tired of playing.