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I am from the USA, specifically from FL, and unlike many people in Europe and the liberal democrats I am 100% against homosexual marriage. Also I am going to support the democraps in 2006 because the republicans are hurting the USA.

More than in ANY other country in the world, and I am including all the totalitarian regimes, both sponsored by the US or part of the Axis of Evil, the US press and media perpetrate a daily diet of propoganda. I live in Canada and receive US stations, and I can promise you that despite the outrage over Foleys actions, the press and TV in particular have already manipulated this message to show how dedicated the rest of the republican party is to ridding society of "the likes" of Foley. (It seems that he is the only Gay Republican, and thankfully this situation has given the GOP the opportunity to be rid of him, phhhew!)
Republicans will campaign on Church values, and the Democrats can't go there. After the initial backlash from voters, who after all at this point have only been surveyed, they will do what they always do once they get to the voting station.

E-mails to underage boys are a different matter, indeed; one that can readily accommodate the hypocricy stemming from the Republican Party's "conservative values" and yet do so in the most legitimate and least superficial way. The heart of the matter itself is, of course, none other than hypocricy, which remains a constant whether it be within the context of the Foley scandal or within the greater Republican scheme of trying to appeal to the median, conservative voter.

From your account, Mr Dinerstein appears to be a principled and fair-minded man--someone whom those on the opposite side of the aisle can respect.

He should find someone like him to run for Mr Foley's seat in two years.

Thank you for the article, Mr Gallacher.

While the interview with Mr. Dinerstein is mildly interesting, it doesn't approach the issue emerging from the revelations about Foley's inappropriate (if not criminal) behavior toward minor children that has galvanized the electorate.

The issue exposed by Foley's "capture" with his hand on the "send" button is the apparent and ever-widening cover-up by the House Republican leadership that has been going on at least since 2001. And maybe before.

That is what has charged the momentum in the mid-terms in favor of the Democrats in almost every contested Congressional seat, House and Senate.

"Sid Dinerstein is the sort of man the Republican party needs. He's a no-nonsense campaigner and true believer in conservative values. As I leave his excellent hospitality, he shakes my hand with the energy of a 20-year-old man, the kind of energy that he, and his fellow Republicans, may need in the coming weeks."

I'm shocked to read a 大象传媒 correspondent writing what is essentially a panegyric to a partisan political figure whose "excellent hospitality" the reporter has enjoyed in "opulent" suroundings. This piece demonstrates the sloppy blurring of professional boundaries-- indulging in social fraternization with the subject of one's ostensibly objective or critical reporting.

Please do better, and spare readers the fawning comments about your host's youthful vitality. We already have Fox news, and somehow I expect more critical capacity from a 大象传媒 journalist bearing witness in the US, at a critical juncture in our political environment.

This is a difficult election to figure out. Yes, the party of George Bush is in trouble based upon the current money and sex scandals. But so much of this election will rest with local issues that has no bearing on the national scene. The Republicans may still retain both houses of Congress because the voters think their their local Congress peson or Senator is doing a good job.

Foley the 'only gay Republican'?? The GOP is rife with closeted gays, and this scandal is only just beginning. Hopefully the religious right (or 'nuts' as Karl Rove allegedly refers to them) will wake up to the fact that the GOP is simply using their intolerant, fearful world-view for their own ends and they will abandon the party (and politics, where they have no business interfering, according to the US Constitution) once and for all. The cynicism and hypocrisy of right wing politics makes you want to hang your head in despair.
Still, great to know that you were wowed by Sid Dinerstein's 'excellent hospitality' and that he 'shakes hands with the energy of a 21-year old man', Andy. I am sure that is a talent that he can put to good use in the GOP.

If Karl Rove is not that concerned about the GOP's prospects this November, then things must not be as bad as some in the media are potraying!

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