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• Wednesday, May 16, 2007 07:40 AM

  @kovie

  "Are you suggesting that voters believe the GOP when it says that there were no scandals? Then why did they vote them out of office last fall--Democratic voter fraud? ... You're setting the bar too high, too soon. Justice doesn't work as quickly as you seem to want it to ...We are on the brink of a new progressive era in the US ..."

  I am suggesting that the Republican base will believe that it was all just politics, just as they believe that Nixon did not do anything that "everyone else has done". I live in a sea of Republican culture and can guarentee to you that the Republican base does not see overwhelming Bush Republican corruption and lawlessness like you and I do.

  I further believe that the moderates in the country will not see the Bush Administration lawlessness and corruption as anything unique unless there are convictions. Perhaps not even then; after all, the Bushies will always claim they were just doing what had to be done to protect America.

  We need a Republican Federal Court System and a Republican justice system to charge and convict Republican criminals in high and powerful places. Good luck with that. (look at the numbers in the court system appointed by Republicans)

  We are not on the brink of a new progressive era. That is wishful thinking at a minimum and more likely self-delusion. The most we can hope for in the near term is a move away from the authoritarian right.

  Sigh. I do wish you were correct. Time will tell which of us was more on target this day.

  —bucky1 Read bucky1's other letters
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