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br> -- Anthony Mirvish /p>

It is a symptom of Republican malaise and corruption that so-called conservatives have found it "fashionable" to get cutesy with the Clintons. It is, after all, far easier to try to "get along" with one's political opponents rather than confront them. One wonders, however, how exactly the Republican establishment would confront the Clintons, even if inclined to do so? And here I'm referring to policy differences, not the adultery, public corruption, abuse of power, and thick patina of sleaze which so breezily characterize the Clintons (to which their Republican friends -- such as the doddering McCain -- dare not allude).

p>After all, the Clinton approach to gaining and keeping constituencies was and is to bribe them with bloated entitlement payoffs, selective regulatory power, and tax policy, i.e., the same approach used by Republicans prior to their deserved losses in 2006. Naturally, the Clintons are far more ruthless but their Leninist philosophy is seen as something to be admired, rather than decried, in certain quarters on the right. Such tenacity, those Bolsheviks! So the beat goes on, our fearlessly depraved leaders on the left and right gazing admiringly at one other, both supremely pleased at their exploitation of the system for their own political and personal aggrandizement. " Noblesse oblige ," they protest, "We, the cleverest among you, surely deserve the perks and favors we bestow upon ourselves and, while we're at it, we graciously offer you, the bitter masses, the elixir of "free" health care (and hence ensure our privileged station for generations to come)!" Newt is so right. A Republican bloodbath is imminent unless radical solutions and leadership come to the fore. br> -- Peter R. McGrath br> Winter Park, Florida /p>

According to Philip Klein, "(T)here is absolutely nothing admirable about a politician so narcissistic and hungry for power that (she) is willing to say or do whatever suits (her) political interests at any given moment."

p>Mr. Klein: can you name any politician to which the above does not apply?

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