I may not agree with Doug R.'s political viewpoints, but he has NEVER been personally offensive or deliverately insulting to anyone.

William F. Buckley was a strong conservative, but he, like Doug, was a gentleman. I used to read him, even when I didn't agree with what he said.

Had he called people "loony liberals" or "brain-washed morons," or used some of the childish and offensive verbiage that some of the more recent crop of Right Wingers infesting Mudcat do regularly(especially the ones who won't even fess up to being as Right Wing as their posts scream they are), I would not have bothered to read him at all.

A lesson there, guys!

Don Firth