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• Monday, July 28, 2008 07:42 PM

  Someone Stop This Please.

  One of the most distressing elements of Progressive political discourse over the last 8 years has been the rising belief that in order to deal with the deplorable excesses of Bush and the Republican Party, Progressives need to develop a strident liberal orthodoxy with enough “backbone” to stand up to the challenges presented by the supposedly unified Conservative front. Greenwald’s plan for a Progressive kristallnacht seems to be just the latest chapter in this saga.

  As a more conservative Democrat, I’ve got to wonder if anyone who has seen the Republican Party disintegrate over the last couple of years thinks this is a good idea. All that “RINO” hunting chased off the Country Club Republicans, and left us with the Jesus Loving, Global Warming Denying, Tax Cutting, Immigrant Hating, Waterboarding, maniacs pack the GOP today. I’m a fiscally conservative, socially liberal guy. Do you really have to get rid of me to make progress? Is “ideological purity” the goal? Is “DINO” hunting next, as we collapse our values around a core defined by an ever shrinking circle of true believers while I (and my checkbook) and sent to the sidelines?

  I happen to know Stenny Hoyer personally. You know why Stenny Hoyer keeps winning elections? Because Stenny Hoyer is a pro-choice, supporter of affirmative action, gay rights, who does spectacular constituent service work and raises millions for fellow Democrats in Congress. You want to get rid of him for Collins Bailey, who is pro-life, supports the death penalty, concealed carry, No Child Left Behind, and an isolationist foreign policy? Lord, I hope not.

  —Shooter McGavin Read Shooter McGavin's other letters
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