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The Democrats' Declaration of Independence : /p> p>Hitler is not the embodiment of Nazism, Michelangelo is not the soul of the Renaissance, and Howard Dean is not the would-be leader of the party of abortion. Never in all of my years on this earth have I heard a more glaringly obvious bald-faced contradiction of the truth than Mr. Dean's assertion. How, I ask myself, can anyone, Democrat or Republican, not register eye-popping surprise upon hearing this almost laughable denial by the Beautiful Screamer? The fact that the millions of hardline Democrats who have gone to the mat for abortion on demand, paid for by you and me, the American Taxpayer, keep a respectful silence while Dean utters this fantastic nonsense is mute testimony to the two facts: Number one, that Democrats know that they cannot win elections by proclaiming their heartfelt beliefs out loud, and Number two, that abortion has reached sacramental status in the party of compassion. It would appear that the Democratic mantra for the 2000's is: Brag about it on Monday, Deny it on Tuesday. Won't the next major election be a gas to watch! br> -- Joseph Baum br> Newton Falls, Ohio /p>

George Neumayr's article about the Democrats rests on the following premises:

1. That Kerry's claim of endorsement by foreign governments was more important to him -- and to Democrats -- than his endorsement by American citizens.

2. That Democrats are seeking to undo the Constitution.

3. That Democrats want nothing to do with the Old America.

These premises may be true, but if so, they must be supported. Let's look at them more closely.

1. Kerry won 48% of the electorate in one of the largest turnouts in recent history. His numbers clobber Bush's numbers from 2000. It may well be that Kerry believed it was important that foreign leaders would like him better than Bush (notice that Neumayr doesn't refute this; it would be hard to refute this), but apparently this didn't bother 48% of us. Maybe it even appealed to them. Maybe being liked, respected, welcomed by the rest of the world isn't "bad."

2. Neumayr trots out the quote from Justice Breyer as the "cat" in the "bag" of the Secret Liberal Constitutional Convention. But the quote doesn't support his theory. As we know, our Constitution is being used as the model for emerging democracies, and will be as more and more of the world shifts to democracy in coming years. Notice that Breyer is talking about how the Constitution "fits into the governing documents of other nations." If he was really exposing the conspiracy Neumayr believes exists, he would have said something about how "the governing documents affect our Constitution" or maybe how the Constitution "fits with" those other documents. He doesn't.

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