For an anti war activist, our GUEST sure doesn't act with any kind of conviction. Let's get this right. You would rather have four more years of the man who took us to war, than John Kerry and the Democrats so you can make some silly statement. Does pragmatism enter into your ivory tower thinking at all? You are willing to send another several millions of our industrial jobs offshore rather to make a statement about principal? This is why folks that sit and pontificate and awe us with their intellectual prowess, instead of getting out and seeing the faces, being in the homes, and experiencing the hopelessness, piss me off. This isn't about your view of how it should be. And it isn't a game. There are real consequences in our actions.

You are right about one thing, though. The Democratic Party needs real change. But real change comes from within. Dr. Dean showed you how to do it. He showed the Party that they don't need corporate interests to raise the dollars needed to win. He planted a seed that will sprout and return the Party, eventually, to its roots. He has my undying gratitude for that. It won't come as a flash of lightning, but rather it will take root and sprout. Real, meaningful change takes time,and it takes working from within. All your complaining and pontificating will change nothing. And voting for Nader won't do anything to effect the change you want. But then ...... what would you have to rave on about? It is apparent that you vote every time, but you clearly want to waste it.

Mick