Ah, Teribus, I know I'm on the right track if you crawl out of the woodwork with your garbled logic. It's a litmus test of sorts here at the Mudcat.

No one said all of the senate committee were Bush toadies, the but republican majority certainly seems to be. As long as they can outvote and override the democratic voices, that's what counts, isn't it?

Strick, even if you don't think it was Clinton's fault, Rove is relying on Americans to have short memories and knee-jerk patriotic reactions to whatever leaks and news he can get into the headlines running up to the election. It doesn't matter what is really true, it just matters how many gullible Americans can be convinced to vote for Bush based on the innuendo Rove can create. Teribus will be in the front of the line with his straight republican ticket. That's a given.

You suggested that despite being outvoted, Democrats can still reach for the mic in public--until recently there was such a paralyzing fear of being branded unpatriotic by the Bush folks and right-wing groups that many democrats, I am ashamed to say, kept their opinions to themselves. This is beginning to change.

SRS