The American Spectator

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The Republicans have lost their way. They proved when they controlled the congress that they are not conservatives. They are a bunch of pansies who'll roll over for Mrs. Clinton the same way they've done for years. I and many others won't give them any more money and hang up on them when they call at dinner. As a group, they have no courage, no honor, and are mostly worried about being re-elected to their pathetic little jobs.

p>Mrs. Clinton will take their lunch money, give them a wedgie, and send them to go sit quietly in the corner. br> -- David Freeman br> Green Bay, Wisconsin /p>

In regards to Mr. Lord's article "Payback for the Chicken Lady," I am reminded of taking care of my grandchildren...but not in a good way! We have had enough infantile, ad hominem, counterproductive behavior from one of our national parties, we do not need to have them both behaving this way!

At least one party has to behave in a way that supports the functioning of our system of government if we are to survive as a nation. I know "it isn't fair!" and I know that "that's what she did last time!" I've heard it from my grandkids too.

p>Listen, if one party doesn't grow up soon our whole way of life is doomed! br> -- John Perney /p>

I read Jeffrey Lord's article with a mixture of amusement and sadness. It was amusing to imagine the justifiable actions of the Republican Party for the outrages behavior of the Democrat Party over the last eight years while at the same time sad when all I could think was, "If only." The premise of the article is based on a mistaken assumption. This assumption is that the leadership of the Republican Party actually stands for something and has the temerity to stand up to the Democrats in a meaningful way.

I believe a Hillary victory and an expansion of Democrat majorities in both legislative bodies is all but inevitable. Given the recent behavior of the Republican Leadership, (doing everything possible to stick a thumb in the eye of its "Values Voter" base), Republicans in leadership will take an electoral sweep of the 2008 elections as an indication of the leftward tilt in public sentiment. Every effort will be made to show how "Progressive" Republicans can be. Their leftward stampede will be fueled by the so-called main stream media and encouraged by the Rockefeller Republican punditocracy (such as George Will, Fred Barnes and Bill Kristol). Below is what I believe is a much more likely scenario:

As Hillary exercises her presidential prerogatives by firing every single federal prosecutor and replacing them with more suitable, (to her leftist base), Democrat prosecutors, Republican Senators led by Arlen Specter will quickly fall in line with her and support her right to do so as President of the United States.

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