I didn’t get the ‘abuse of power’ thing until much later, neither did I get the bias of the MSM. I was quite politically naive in those days.

I did turn against NOW, though. I guess that’s worth something.

My turn against NOW made me examine other interest groups as well and I found plenty of them that had basically achieved their original goals yet continued to push ever more extreme positions.

I decided that any group pushing social, environment, or identity group policies should have a built-in sunset clause.

I can plead few excuses over Clinton: first, I was still learning about politics and did not appreciate the role of media in all this, and second, I was trying to concentrate on Clinton policies, which were only half bad, especially after the healthcare reform fiasco.

I am one of those who ñ wrongly, as it turned out – did not pay attention to Clintonís abuse of power until after his reelection. Yet I, like so many people, did not care about his womanizing, but I told myself (my husband is an impeachable witness to this) that if Clinton were to be impeached, it should have been for his dealings with Chinese, specifically the technology transfers. After it became clear that he lied in Monica affair I was against his impeachment (though I enjoyed the proceedings ñ 3 branches of government tied up in a pointless business, what a boon to economy!) because by then I recognized that Al Gore had all characteristics of a fanatic, and my experience taught me to be particularly wary of ideologues, and should Clinton resign, we would be blessed with Goreís presidency.

I am not sure how my tortured and fuzzy reasoning reflected thinking at large at the time.

My personal fault was lack of recognition how corrupting power can be. I knew about it on an abstract level, but not in practice. What was also working against me was a belief in inherent honesty of American system of politics, including the press. I still think it is remarkably transparent, compared to other places. But it requires eternal vigilance and willingness to keep open mind on the part of the citizens.

I leaned my lesson well, I think.

How about if we all scream ‘Shut the hell up’ at the top of our lungs? Think they will get the message

I tell you the ironic thing is that I knew most things were true about Clinton but didn’t care. (Well didn’t care enough). With Bush I wouldn’t even believe them.

Ironically those Democrats that actually believed Clinton’s spin would consider Bush being guilty as charged a no-brainer.

Terrye to them Kitty Kelly is a great arbiter of truth because they can “look at Bush and into his evil eyes” and know he would do such things as:

1) Beat his Wife Laura, especially when drunk because unknown sources said so.

2) Be a very angry drunk because unknown sources said so.

3) Get very drunk after he quit drinking because unknown sources said so.

4) Buy and sell cocaine after he got religion because unknown sources said so.

5) Cover for Daddy Bush Sr. as he ran around on Barbara Bush (She cried about it a lot, they must have sacred her into shutting up) because unknown sources said so.

First I’d like to see Bush Sr’s physical condition and visit him in the hospital after the “lady with the white hair” caught George Sr. doing such things. No matter like Danny Boy, Kitty has no corroborating witnesses, she doesn’t need one! Like Danny it doesn’t matter because in their prejudice they just know they are true and for them it isn’t libel or slander because they say so. First hand witnesses are not needed anyway, because we know:

1) Bushies will take them out and kill them so they can’t talk and are rightfully scared, as Kitty states , “Wouldn’t You Be?”

2) Corroborating witness Sharon the “scorned wife” Bush, divorced one from the “immoral brother” Neil has said that Kittty is lying through her teeth! The Cocaine Stories are false, and George Bush is a decent funny guy. (Neil is another matter). Of course Kitty says, “Poor thing is scared. No doubt she has been threatened to recant, she is scared, wouldn’t you be scared?” They are the most powerful family in the world!”

3) According to Poor Kitty she will now be smeared for telling the truth, “look at what they have done to everyone else who has told the truth! ” They have sought to destroy them! They will do the same to me for simplt telling the truth.”

Of course Kitty isn’t seeking anyone’s destruction now is she. Terrye, a sad fact is when the NBC morning show (Matt and Katie) has Kitty Kelly on three successive days to go over her book, and never have John O’Neil or any Swifty on ever, that is trying to control news and events. If they did have John O’Neil on they would be harder on him, but I would still love to see it, smug Katie and her plastic perky smile cracking off her face.

Terrye, in truth we are already screaming…

‘Shut the hell up!’

and at the top of our lungs. Like 527’s can’t stop political speech. Danny Boy and the MSM, try as they may, can’t keep us from finding a way to our free speech rights either. We just are doing it through the Weblogs, the MSM knows this and that is why they disparage them. Good luck Dan, Kitty and the rest of my former party trying to shut people up they don’t want to hear and force feed us news we reject. When you fail to do that, you seek to out scream us by controling news events bringing out fake memos, Kitty Kelly etc. You may as well be trying to stop Hurricane Ivan before it hits the shore, you are wasting precious time. Good luck you are going to need it, take care to not get caught in a tidal surge.

The WSJ editorial isn’t quite as tough as I expected but it’s fairly comprehensive.

But I don’t think he really wants it. Not now.

Not when DC is a huge target and the president even more so.

So that’s why he’s been missing 2/3 of his committee meetings–had to be out of town in case of attack?

Sorry about your mom, btw.

I’ve been thinking the same thing about Kerry. Yes, his ego is huge and he thinks he deserves the presidency. But I don’t think he really wants it. Not now.

Not when DC is a huge target and the president even more so.

I just get this weird feeling there’s a huge elephant in the room that some candidates are unconsciously seeing.

If Kerry is so smart and all (as some who have worked with him claim) then just why hasn’t he taken control of his campaign and put a stop to the madness?

The state by state polls are showing something that I had devoutly wished for but didnt think possible 6 weeks ago–the states are trending Bush–even in NY state, Bush is moving close to margin of error terrority–and his approvals are climbing while Kerry’s are tanking. And the beauty of this is that MSM are navel gazing while they are choking off any remote chance Kerry could get his message out. This is cosmic justice.

I thought the race would be close–but it is increasingly looking to me like a landslide for Bush. And that is a good thing, because I think the DNC will challenge any and all state results in court using the Algore model. The bigger the margin of victory the better for the Republic.

And finally–the MSM will be hoist on its own petard. They will have no credibility when the dust settles. These are propitious times we live in.

How about if we all scream ‘Shut the hell up’ at the top of our lungs? Think they will get the message?

I feel like Dan Rather is saying you will listen, you will believe and you will think this matters. I have spoken.

I am at the point now where even if they did come up with something on Bush I still would not vote for Kerry if you paid me. If I have to accept that Senate testimony I really can not imagine what they can come up with on Bush that will top that.

Unlike Kerry he did not hurt other people.