All the reports that have come out clear President Bush.

Really? Where are the WMDs? That's all I want to know. He and his surrogates said they were there, and said their whereabouts were known. Where are they?

Guess that rules out mentioning......anybody but me in future post, unless I invite them for analysis.

Nah. I just thought it would be interesting to hear her side of the story. You seem to be irritated that, even though you were "right", she still outsmarted you.

Anti-family??? Where did that come from?

Just a little jibe. If it disagrees with the prevailing viewpoint as expressed by the Republican supporter, it's anti-whatever. And since you (the Republican supporter in this exchange) were talking about your family, disagreement with your position would be anti-family.

You mean it wasn't propaganda?

The insinuation that adheres to the word "propaganda" is that it is somehow insincere and often inaccurate, because it has been used for years to define Soviet-style news media. I'm not objecting to the idea that it was a demonstration of persuasive oratory. If you had said something more along the lines of "persuasive", I wouldn't have argued, but you didn't.

Words have value above and beyond their dictionary definitions. If you post comments on Republican speeches that likewise refer to them as "propaganda", I will retract the criticism.

[criticize the sermon] Only if asked. If I would have known it was a democratic only response request I would have stayed silent. I personally think honest criticism is healthy, even if it includes the other party.

And yet, Democratic criticism of the current Administration is something you don't consider healthy, because you think it's all lies. I suggest you think it's all lies because you haven't the imagination to consider that the Democrats have a point. In other words, the only "healthy" criticism is of Democrats by Republicans. This is the non-divisive position...not.

I prefer mailing in my vote. Hey, it's got to be better for the environment anyway, unless you can walk there.

The Post Office use trucks, official jeeps, and private vehicles, so no, not really. But you can vote however you're allowed.

It sure would discourage people from popular voting from news reports the day of the election.

Yes. Heaven forbid that someone be affected by late-breaking news concerning a candidate's fitness for office.

We're a democracy. We're not supposed to be in the business of discouraging people from voting. We are especially not supposed to be in the business of discouraging informed voting. "I made up my mind in April and nothing in the news is going to change my mind" is about as ignorant as going into the polling booth with a pair of dice.