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p>The network and its infighting? Mirror several things. How out of touch with people's reality they are. How much they've forgotten about what journalism is supposed to be. How tenuous American liberal coalitions, including the Democrat Party with its allies such as CBS, seem to be. And how narrow-minded and self-serving they all, CBS included, remain. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

While it may be good that the current immigration bill failed it is disingenuous to imply that Ronald Reagan did not compromise with Democrats. President Reagan's adoption of the so-called Greenspan Social Security "reform" plan, that doubled taxes on the self-employed, was a compromise with Democrats. As were his other tax increases (TEFRA, the Deficit Reduction Act, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and the Tax Reform Act).

President Reagan was even proud of the fact that he could work with rabidly partisan Democrat Speaker Tip O'Neil. Chuck Schumer, the model of a partisan Democrat, in his frustration with President Bush's refusal to cut and run from Iraq has hearkened back to President Reagan as a conservative "Democrats could work with." Should conservatives repudiate Reagan, because he compromised with Democrats to govern or should we embrace his pragmatic conservatism?

Those dead set against the current immigration reform plan fail to appreciate that conservatives like President Bush, Senator Kyl, Fred Barnes and others sympathetic to the idea are merely following in the footsteps of President Reagan. Condemn the current legislation if you will, but don't do it in the name of Ronald Reagan who granted blank amnesty and nearly instant citizenship to millions of illegal aliens.

p>The time has come for all conservatives to scale down the rhetoric and vitriol or plan to return to Democrat domination of all of government and conservatives needlessly lost in the political wilderness for 40 years. That is if the Muslim Imperialists allow us 40 years of Democrat rule. br> -- Michael Tomlinson br> Jacksonville, North Carolina /p> p> NO MERCY

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