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• Wednesday, August 23, 2006 06:22 AM

  Thought-provoking

  I will have to watch "Scarborough Country," now, and make up my own mind, but admittedly I would never have considered tuning in before reading this article.

  I join the kudos to Scarborough/Salon for coherently addressing the difference between conservatism and blind loyalism. I'm disinterested in any ulterior motives; let's just get the point across to as many people as possible, please. I am a progressive liberal, but does it even matter these days? I'm sick of running up against the tired old blockade in debates with Republican loyalists -- "the president and people in charge know what they're doing." They will come up with any rationalization to hold onto this fantasy, and whether you are liberal, moderate, or conservative, if you have the nerve to question authority, you are attacked for being treasonous, for hating America.

  Absurd -- the point is to *always* hold elected officials accountable, Democrat or Republican; to have absolutely no tolerance for corruption; to ensure every American's voice is heard in fair elections. Then, and only then, can we address the very long list of ideological differences between liberals and conservatives. Until then, every other controversy is a (very effective) mass distraction. This simplistic good guy/bad guy politics-as-sporting-event mindset must fall by the wayside if we hope to ever get out of this mess.

  —hollerhither Read hollerhither's other letters
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