I think that the asssesment that the whole country including Democrats are crooks is so off the mark that it needs to be addressed.

Lobbying is a fact of life. I don't care if it's Ralph Nader or the NRA. It should be curbed but Bush isn't going to do it. Kerry will
try. His record in the Senate shows that. Unfortunately, it's the
only way a president can get elected today. There is no evidence
to the contrary.

It's a case of the disgruntled rads throwing the baby out with the
bath water. They bitch and moan and don't vote and someone like
Bush slides in. Or they support Nader and undermine any chance that
the Democrats have because they equate Dems with the Republicans.
They just haven't done their homework and they are a kind of reactionary. A pro-active view of the election process would be if
they listened and read what the candidates had to say and based
their decisions on that instead of taking their marbles and going home.

If they don't believe any candidate at his/her word then the Bushes will continue to run the country. And they can take the responsibility for that.

Frank