>>NOBODY could be as bad a Dubya (except maybe Cheney).<<

Including all the current GOP runners, so it will be no problem for me to vote for one of them next year. I'm goddamn serious, the dems cannot manage this war--it's out of control. Why they'd rather inherit it than end it is telling me these people are not very smart and are only playing politics and dead and maimed Americans can all go to hell.

>>Oh, and I really do expect John Edwards to move forward with some important changes in health care (e.g., making Medicare available to all, thus giving the private insurers some stiff competition), if he's elected.<<

Elected to what?? President?? He has no chance. Hillary Clinton is going to get the nomination. I think I'd rather see a republican as president than her.

>>Sorry, but the fact that the Democratic party's stand on a lot of matters has been too weak, too disorganized, etc., does not mean the country would be just as bad off under them as under yet another neocon Republican regime.<<

And stop trying to scare people with this neocon shit. Nobody runing right now for the 08 race is a neocon--it's a failed strategy and no pub in his right mind would dare attempt to align himself with it.

>>Oh, and it was Bill Clinton, with a Republican-dominated Congress, who gave us NAFTA.   One of the worst policies Clinton ever pursued.<<

And president Hillary is going to roll back her husband's policies? Those are not going to be touched by either party.

>>Throw all the Dems under the bus just because they're far from perfect, and I fear we're heading for disaster.<<

Is that supposed to be a logical argument??? Hell, let's just forgive Bush and Cheney for their imperfect management of the war then, for shit's sake!

>>Talking about our rights to peacefully assemble to petition the gov't for redress of grievances; protection against unreasonable search and seizure; due process of law; the federal gov't stepping in to overrule state gov't decisions such as medical majijuana, Dr-assisted suicide; protection of our environment; etc.<<

Right. And none of these were at issue until Bush came to power.

>>The very fact that the Rehnquist court allowed Bush v. Gore to be heard, instead of sending it back to the state court where it belonged, shows how out of bounds some of these justices can be.<<

I didn't know Rehnquist was a Bush appointee.