[PornoDoggy]

Torone, I live through the elections of Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, Bush II, and a number of defeats of various and sundry congressmen, senators, and governors. I will live through the temporary (and hopefully VERY short term) setback of last Tuesday just fine. I'm very disappointed, of course. But as an amateur student of politics I can't help but admire the narrow victory Bush pulled off on Tuesday. He did an excellent job of exploiting some rather unique circumstances. We'll know in 20 or 30 years whether it was a historical achievement or a historical anomaly. In the meantime, I would suggest you crunch a few numbers before you continue to celebrate the Texas-style landslide your beloved Bush and Republicans have enjoyed in the last two elections.

Chill out? Torone, as you know well, I've gotten a little hot under the collar whenever you have gone off into your personal la-la land and started questioning my patiriotism. I repeat what I have said repeatedly ... I am very suspicious of zealots who profess that those that disagree with me must have evil intent. You don't seem to hesitate to draw an analogy between a liberal politician and the worst Marxist criminals the world has ever known. So I find your objection to me pointing out the linkage between the language of some Oprano posters and that of McVeigh and Hussein just a little laughable.