It must be nice to write a opinion column without having to think

Does anyone read the Winters Express? Well I stop by their website from time to time, but does anyone pay folding money for a subscription to this paper?

I guess if my kid was playing high school football I might, but aside from that, why would you pay for this kind of writing?

If Giuliani had warded off the 9/11 attacks, then he’d have something to boast about. As it is, he was broadsided just like everyone else. That 9/11 happened on his watch was merely coincidental. It’s not like he had an effect on it one way or the other. Maybe his real appeal is that in the midst of chaos, New Yorkers looked to him for comfort and reassurance, and he gave it. Six years later, with no progress made in apprehending the 9/11 mastermind, a war with the wrong country raging on with no end in sight, and the numbers of Islamic extremists growing exponentially worldwide, maybe Republican voters want the same thing New Yorkers wanted: someone to tell them that everything will be okay.
Well, not all Republicans, anyway. Not RRR Republicans, who want a president who will 1) outlaw abortions and 2) prevent gay marriage. And maybe 3) jam extreme “Christian” values down every American’s throat. No wonder they’re disgruntled with Giuliani.

By Debra Lo Guercio
Copyright 2004
McNaughton Newspapers.

RRR stands for Radical Religious Right by the way.

I wonder if Debra has ever heard of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? Probably not, but if she has I'm sure her thoughts would not focus on him being the mastermind of the attacks on 9/11, she would probably decry his imprisonment at Gitmo. Thats right Debra, the mastermind behind the 9/11 is sitting in a cell on the tip of Cuba. I also wonder if Ms. Lo Guercio has ever read The Looming Tower? I wonder if she knows the surge is working? Again, I have my doubts. She doesn't know the players, the facts on the ground, nor does she seem to want to learn. Just paint with the biggest brush you can find Debra, don't let the facts stand in the way of good tale.

As for the RRRs, she and I must have a very different definition of that group. To her the RRR seem to be folks who go to church, are active in politics, and would like to see our nation turn away from the pornification of our culture.

That is me.
That's me and most of the folks who walk through the doors of the average church across this land. We are the 'the religious voter' the MSM talks about, yet never meets. Rudy is not my first choice, but I don't think Debra has any idea just how determined folks like me are about not having another Clinton in the White House.

Don't get me wrong, there are folks who are Radical, Religious, and way, way right. For every Jerry Falwell, or Pat Robertson there are millions of evangelicals who cringe every time these guys sit across the desk from Larry King because they know they are going to say something to make evangelicals look like religious zealots. If these radicals had the power that Debra claims, their hand-picked candidate would be pulling double digit points in nationwide polls. That is far from reality.

The RRRs are not going to have the impact she states in her piece. Its just like the Ron Paul Pualinoids. They make lots of noise but accomplish very little.

Taking a page from Ms. Lo Guercio, I'll pull up a lawn chair and grab a bag of chips and watch the train wreck coming down the tracks for the Democratic party. Just wait till the junior Senator from New York gets her party's nomination. The nutroots will have kittens. The Kos kiddies and the Moveon crowd will be get behind some third party ticket, they will talk Al 'the green Jesus' Gore into running and that will be fun to watch.