The American Spectator

p>And anybody who thinks a booming stock market while factories close is good economic news for the President has never seen a campaign commercial before. A montage of smiling stockbrokers contrasted with workers in unemployment offices is not an argument for the Bush administration. br> — Richard McEnroe /p> p> GRAY CLINTON br> Re: Jeremy Lott’s End of Days : /p> p>Lott is the Jim Rome of pundits. Loud, cynical, negative and often stupid. With this column, I guess one could add crybaby and quitter. Lott’s idea of an effort is a few puerile observations followed by abject surrender and constant whining from atop the moral high ground. Even if Lott is ultimately correct in the outcome, sometimes — just sometimes — the good fight is the right thing to do, even if there is little chance of success (and there is far better than little chance this time). More importantly, the good fight is almost always the beginning of something better. br> — Larry Dempsey