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...are a bunch of idiots who resemble nothing so much as the characters in Luchino Visconti's "The Damned." There is nothing quite so deparate as a bunch of facists/neonazis (aren't those synonymous with "neocon"?) trying to figure out how to throw a good light on a trainwreck everyone can see coming (the trainwreck being the McCain campaign and the Republican national convention in no particular order).
This is embarrassing enough and has been, for me, over the past 25 years or so, without nominal Democrats like Walter Shapiro following loose Republicans around and asking them what they think would be the worst that could happen come this weekend. For the love of god, Walter! Quotes like Rich Galen's pathetic "What I hope happens is that there is a huge groundswell of support for Sen. Clinton," one can only wonder where your Democratic mind was last seen, and when. This article smells funny, frankly.
Who gives a rat's ass what these people think? They first destroyed the party I've remained afilliated with my entire adult life (for reasons I've explained here countless times before, so let's save that this time), then went on to damn near destroy the nation. There'll be a handful of us honorable GOP-ers left after the debacle to (hopefully) eventually rebuild the wreck that's been left. Meanwhile, thank god there's a sound party left to run the country.
The Clintons will do what is best for their party, and more power to them. Bill did a damn fine job for eight years with one arm tied behind him by Ken Starr and the rest of the Legion of Doom, Hillary ran a good-but-not-quite-good-enough campaign that in any other year would have given us our first female President (and don't forget those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, 'cuz that's no lie), and now that it's all over but the shouting, between them and the Big O's impossibly grand oratorial skills the Dems will walk away united as they haven't been since 1964. I look forward to at least one of the major parties being able to lay claim to something as satisfying and as good for the country.
Walter, I'm not sure what you were trying to say here, but you needn't have bothered.
