The problem with Democrats....

As much as I abhor radical Republicans and the stands they take—war in Iraq, tax-cuts and tax-shelters for the wealthy, dismantling of Medicare and Social Security, de-funding of public education, exploitation of the environment, opposition to gay marriage, against a woman's right to choose, and so on and so on--I detest spineless Democrats even more. At least the Republicans stand on their convictions, selfish, twisted and corrupt as those convictions may be. While Democrats seem to have no principles, much less the guts to take a stand, even against Republicans.

In a letter to the editors of the Rapid City Journal, Senator Tom Daschle's campaign manager defended his boss' legislative record by emphasizing how often the minority leader sided with the opposition.

I'm very disappointed in Denise Ross' Nov. 25 column allowing Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia to do a 1,100-word hatchet job on Tom Daschle without any opportunity to refute the false charges.

For instance, Allen claims that Daschle opposes the president at every turn, but in fact a Congressional Quarterly study has Sen. Daschle voting with President Bush 75 percent of the time. [Emphasis mine.]

Jeeze, with enemies like this, Republicans need no friends.

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