"Richard Rongstad" wrote
> The Republicans aren't that smart.

i agree. they pioneered the politics of personal destruction because they
found that their right-wing, fundamentalist agenda is alien to the majority
of voters.
al gore ran a crap campaign and still managed to win the support of a
majority of voters.
obviously, democratic ideals of social conscience, environmental
responsibility and economic fair play are far more in step with voters than
bush's mean-spirited, environmentally irresponsible, feed-the-rich agenda.
the only way they can make their bankrupt, divisive ideology appear viable
is to lie, smear and scare their way into power.