Hi everyone!

[Botafogo]

Hotwine, did you see Molly Ivans on 60 Minutes last week? She was saying how anyone to the left of General Patton is badmouthed as a

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even if they are what would be considered turncoat wannabe Republicans in other states.

I do not know a lot about the guy but he came off as being, among other things: a Businessman with real world economic experience, more interested in improving the lives of his constituents than idealogical labels and, especially from our perspective here in LaLa Land, about as liberal as your average Chamber of Commerce president.

The biggest problem in this country is that BOTH parties with any chance at governing are nearly indistinguishably centrist and any real deviation from that is considered the radical fringe in either direction. We desparately need to enact at least limited proportional representation so that if, for instance, the Greens or Reform Party or even the KKK or the Anarchists get 5-10% of the vote NATIONWIDE in various races combined then they would get some seats in the legislature so some fresh air could intrude on the process. This is the norm in most democracies unlike our system of bought and paid for proxies for competing Corporate and Union interests.


PS: you want polarizers, what about Bob Doornan, John Ashcroft, Ralph Reed, Lee Atwater, Bob Barr, Ed Meese, Jesse Helms, ect ad nauseum..... And, don't forget NeoCon Babe Ann Coulter who wants to invade Islamic countries and forcibly convert them to Christianity, that's a real uniting approach!


Whoops, huge Indian Tandoori delivery is here, time for Prosecco and Refosco...

Roberto




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