Reply #130: I don't hope to silence anybody, TA.

[Spiffarino]

I only plead that we come together in November and keep as many Republicans out of DC as possible, starting at the White House.

In a number of ways, I am ashamed at what the Democratic Party has become. The fear of the Limbaughs and Scaifes in the media, the inability to stick to our core FDR-style principles, the pandering to the powerful and wealthy...it's disgusting.

So I back John Edwards and push his campaign's message whenever, wherever and to whomever I can. I donate money, and soon I'll donate time. And I will try in some small way to make the Democratic Party the pride of FDR, and of John and Bobby Kennedy.

In the end, though, I just can't handle the idea of another Republican president. So much that I would be willing to crawl on my belly for a Hillary Clinton or a Barack Obama - Semi-Dems - if it means I won't have to endure another Republican troglodyte for four years or more.

I'm afraid this - among other things - is what makes me so brittle and so inclined to miss that you weren't being nasty at all. I'm really sorry I didn't re-read you post before responding. I did afterwards and it was damn good.