Edited by author 07-04-2003 09:29 AM
Why would technology favor one candidate or cause over another? What prevents Bush fans from using it as effectively as Dean fans, if indeed it is that potent?

George W. Bush is the most radical right-wing politician we have ever seen in power in this country.

Say what? This hysteria, hyperbole and hyperventilating now in vogue among Democrats makes the Clinton-bashers of the last century seem invective-challenged.

And until those rules [of the political game] change, democracy (small d) does not exist in the United States of America.

Whoa! Call off the Independence Day celebrations! The Republicans have thin Congressional majorities after many decades of Democrat hegemony. The last two national elections were extremely close. More importantly, in light of the genius of federalism, party control of state legislatures and executives is at something like parity and is constantly shifting. The Democrats just held the White House for eight years. The next presidential election will be decided again in a handful of swing states.

Look, I would love to believe that Bush is as conservative, or the Dems as weak, as you suggest. It would be morning in America. Alas, sadly it ain't so. But, hey, if believing that is what gets you out of bed in the a.m., more power to you.