Ah Tom, you poor misguided soul, you simply don't read what I write. I hate both parties equally so you can bash the liberal media, Clinton, Gore, Kerry and it has nothing to do with my side of the argument. My vote for Kerry in November (if he survives until then) will simply be a protest vote against the poorest leader we've seen in ages. My critique of you is that all the rhetoric I hear from you is Republican party line, no deviation, no challenging their rigidity. Your email posts sound like a sound bite from the Rush Limbaugh show. Instead of defending the idiot so much, show us instead some alternatives in the party to the Karl Rove bandwagon, someone that as president would allow Colin Powell to truly state his views. I know there are patriotic and rational Republicans within the party but this current administration is simply not the cream of the crop.