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So it is total hypocrisy for liberals to tell the Republicans that they need to have a “big tent”, when Democrats would NEVER have a “big tent”.

I hope that one day the Republicans wake up and quit getting duped by the Democrats.

Yesterday was a wake-up call to all politicians. Normal, hard-working, frustrated Americans are SLOWLY waking up and realizing none of the idiots in Washington give a damn about them. Take Gore, for example. He stands to become a billilonaire with his global warming crap while regular Americans struggle to make ends meet.

I’m really sick of all of this junk!

As far as Katie Couric goes, I always thought she was best suited for the Today show and definitely not in a network anchor position. Covering the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, fluffy celebrity interviews, things of that nature. So I don’t care what her opinion of the GOP is or anything else for that matter – no offense to you, Katie!

Sincerely, Mary Ann Futtrup, Vancouver Washington

I compare the political spectrum to a football field…the Democrats would normally be on their 30-yd line, the Republicans would be on their own 30-yd line, and the “middle ground” would be the 50-yd line.
That is what is typically regarded as even-keeled, moderate thinking.

The problem is that today’s Democrats are largely gathered on their own 10-yd line while the Republicans are scattered between having a few on their own 20-yd line while many of them are on the 45-yd line…and slowly edging closer to crossing the 50-yd line.
If one were to move towards the “middle ground” in this particular situation it really wouldn’t be “middle ground” at all, would it?

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Couric (as well as many Democrats and Liberals) claims to want the Republicans to move towards a more “moderate” position…because today’s “middle ground” would still put the Republicans well into her own territory of ideological thinking.

Just my two cents. Thanks for your time.

After the fall of communism Bulgarians elected conservatives – turned out – more of the same. Then they elected back communists /now known as socialists/ – the same. Then they elected conservatives again – the same.

Then they elected the former King of Bulgaria for a prime-minister – still the same. Recently they elected conservative – I can tell them – it will be the same.

Greed. Corruption. Immoral behavior. All politicians are the same – sell outs. Their promises – just words.

Americans will soon realize – they are all the same Dems, Reps. The voters may try a Businessmen, a King, a General in the future. I have to burst their bubble – politicians are all the same.

The most precious thing Americans have – is their freedom – and the far away they keep the Government from their lives the better American will be.

What I’m really concerned about, irrelevant to the post, is big money Republicans helping out. Do they exist anymore? Names like Scaife and Pickens. Can’t we get a Soros or a Geffen on our side?

Will Obama send our people to the poor house first?

The error you make and I suspect both Limbaugh and Gingrich themselves would acknowledge is if the moderate republican wins there is a good chance a liberal Democrat will win anyway so you might as well stick with conservative principles.

Cases in point:
Moderate Republican Olympia Snow wins reelection and votes for the 700B Stimulus boondoggle and Baucuscare.
Moderate Republican Arlen Specter wins reelection and becomes liberal Democrat Arlen Specter
Moderate Republican John McCain wins the GOP nomination is soundly defeated.
Moderate Republican Collin Powell spends an entire career being a moderate Republican himself just like McCain only to endorse liberal Democrat Obama days before the election when such an endorsement hurts McCain most.

I could go on but the point is when conservatives negotiate with liberals it is always the conservatives that compromise their principles never the liberal, so why on earth should conservatives even engage in the negotiation in the first place if there is no upside.