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David Altschuler /p>

If only Jeffrey Lord's wishful thinking about payback in a Hillary administration were more than a fantasy! When have Republicans ever had the stomach for such hardball politics? The Democrats destroyed Bork and roughed up Thomas. The Republicans were more than willing to grease Ginsberg's passage through the Senate confirmation and to actually vote for an ACLU operative as a Supreme Court justice! And so it always goes.

p>Since the Republicans lost Congress, have you seen the noisy oppositionism practiced by the Democrats when they were in the minority? Didn't think so. If a Bush veto of SCHIP is upheld in Congress, it will be by a sliver in the House. And it will be done as quietly as possible, since even br> conservative Republicans are afraid to take on the issue and persuade the country that socialized medicine is dangerous medicine. /p> p>The Evil Party is simply better at politics than the Stupid Party. That's why it survives even as it grows ever nuttier and more isolated from what real people think. Once again, the Republican Party is setting itself up for failure, as it plans to fight the Billary Conspiracy with…nothingness. And although Jeffrey Lord has established an admirable pathway for Republicans to follow, when the inevitable Hillary administration comes into being, the only "chickens" we will see are the Republican gentlemen and gentlewomen who will try to be "responsible" in their opposition so they can gather whatever crumbs are thrown their way. br> -- Stephen J. Zierak br> Kansas City, Missouri /p>

Jeff Lord is living in a dreamworld.

Besides simple incompetence that will cause them to lose the White House, the Republicans will also lose Congress.

When is comes to politics the Republicans are just plain stupid; they consistently allow the Democrats to set the agendas and frame all the debates, generally placing themselves on the defensive.

The Republicans inexplicably refuse to play hardball with the Democrats, regardless of how often the Democrats lie, distort, and cheat. While the Democrats have totally mastered the use of propaganda and lies to further their socialist, anti-American agenda, the Republicans still play nice and are incapable -- or refuse -- to cogently and forcefully make their case.

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