Reply #1: Some Repubs Realize They Need to Get the Extremists Out of Their Party

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There was a program on Michigan PBS a few months ago or whatever it was, "The Millikens," featuring an interview, (unfortunately, with the asshole Tim Skubick), with both former Governor William and Helen Milliken, and part of it was of them painfully talking about what has become of the Michigan Republican Party--taken over by extremist, archconservative anti-abortion and anti-feminist, and extremist corporate, elements--since the 1980s. Remember that the Millikens fought for the ERA during the '70s, the State had a decent relationship with Detroit and Milliken knew the importance of helping Detroit's problems, poverty, crime, etc. Milliken was a really good, moderately liberal Governor, of a kind that used to exist commonly in the Midwest and Northeast among Republicans, and who now cannot get nominated by their Party. There was once a civil relationship between the two Parties, and a good relationship between the Government and the needs of the citizens: there was no "extremist base" pushing "its agenda," as Republicans are now--there was public service. I think, finally, finally, after all these horrible years, many of them are getting organized to throw the devils out.

Apart from this, there is general support for Granholm because she is highly intelligent and principled, and has done a lot of work trying to help--and trying to fight off an extremist, completely irresponsible Michigan Republican Legislature--our State, and she has been known to be a great advocate for citizens ever since she was the top lawyer in Attorney General Frank Kelly's office. She is exactly of the mainstream, middle-class-and-poor orientation, and very effective as a Governor, that Michigan needs, and only Democrats provide. Now, I wish they'd get rid of that stupid Republican scheme of "term limits." We will lose our great Governor, and gain the likes of Bush and Cheney by "term limits."