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[ED: Noemie Maxwell here. Hmm, I guess I've been asleep at the wheel today. We've got a Republican posting here with not exactly a progressive message, though it's not a typical Republican message -- death threats to judges, um, establish world peace by killing people, advance Democracy by squashing civil rights, etc.

I've removed Patrick's diary, at least till I can consult with the other Washblog editors. So these words aren't his. They're mine. I'm actually pretty tolerant toward Republicans. If ye had something to say on a common ground issue, Patrick -- and repudiated the morally bankrupt Bush admin and the WA Republicans dirty tricks up front and invited a Washblog editor to post on yr Republican forum, I'd be ok with it -- personally, that is. I can't speak for anyone else and this is a group-run enterprise here.

You know, Patrick, there are plenty of common ground issues that we do need to unite on across party lines. The original standard bearer for Progressives, Teddy Roosevelt, was for part of his political life, a Republican. As far as I see it, our left to right troubles in this country are a bit of a smoke-screen. We fight amongst ourselves while people who really couldn't care less about all these social issues make off with the public $ and the fruits of the hard work of regular people. There sure are lots of poor Republicans whose pockets are being not so much picked as vacuumed out clean by Republican policies. But, boy, while we're fighting it out us lefties and righties, some of you guys who run under that Republican brand are sure creepy about it. Nice work on crushing the middle class and selling the US to China. Nice work on getting 49 Nobel laureates, 63 National Medal of Science recipients, and 171 members of the National Academies to say that the Bush administration's systematically manipulating and distorting science for political purposes. Oh, that's right, Republicans don't believe in reality anymore. We Dems. are in the reality community. Where are you, Patrick. Listen, if you take my hand, I'll lead you into the real world. It's beautiful here. Beautiful! And I mean no irony a'tall by that. The real world has a lot of pain, for sure. But it's much preferable to the Bush fantasy.

No wonder you had to specify that you're respectful in such a culture as Republicans have built here over the past few years. Ew. Contemporary Republicans have shamed the Republican party. For what? To get used and maniuplated by the masters of war and blood-and-oil for power-and-profit.

Maybe you have a comment on Sandra Day O'Connor's statement that the Bushies pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary -- perhaps leading us toward dictatorship?

If you'd like, Patrick, you can write me at noemie_maxwelll (at) yahoo. etc. And if you're respectful for real, if that's not just a joke on your blog, I might even expect an invitation to post something for equal # of hours you had your piece up here.]