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Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 AM

A country in shambles, under GOP rule

Efforts to blame Democrats for the country's deep woes assume deep stupidity on the part of the glorified Regular Voter.

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  • Saturday, October 4, 2008 11:09 AM

    Well, good cosmo

    I would like to see some viable third party candidates emerge in the coming years and you're right, Ron Paul had become, like Nader, personalities rather than champions of movements. You can't build a movement by embuing the entire platform into one person. Especially when they are in their seventies...

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