GUEST, Jaze,

Ifr the progressive side of the equation was funded by big money, then Clinton's situation wouldn't have made Page A-8 of any newspaper and Bush would be fighting an impeachment as we speak...

The reality is that Bush represents big, big money and has even more PAC's that meet weekly to discuss just how to stay in power. Thewy did thids during the Clinton years as well. These folks would make a "dirty trickster" like Lee Atwell look like a Boy Scout. These a re some purdy danged ruthless, greedy people who hate anything that that might be construed as the working class getting any greater share of the wealth. They hate Social Security. They hate Medicare, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children. All they want is, ahhhhh, .... it all for their own greddy selves and friends.

And they own the media which manipulates public opinion as craftilly as a surgeon. They know how to show their guys screw ups so that it will ahve the least negative effect. They know how, when things are getting a little out of hand, to create diversions. These folks are practically unbeatable and when you do beat them thay have lots and lots of lawyers to screw with you. Like intervening in the vote brokering between the Gore and Nadar camps. And they paid hired goon squads to be in Florida just hours after the polls closed to intimidate poll workers. And we all know the rest...

So that is the enemy. It's their game and if yer gonna change it, yer gonna have to start by changing the thinking of just one person, and then another. Yes, it will take a "revolution" to take back America. But it can be done.

Bobert