Th-Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks!

It's been fun. But I've said my piece.

George Bush, Dick Cheney, Denny Hastert, Bill Frist and Tom DeLay are dangerous and dishonest men that would ruin our country. I am optimistic that they will be repudiated on November 2nd. I truly fear for our country if they are not.

I will make one last appeal to republicans of conscience. I understand that you are in a difficult position, and that the stakes are high. Please do not let history record that the deceptions of Bush and Cheney went unchallenged in their own party. Please do not let history record that not a single republican of national stature abjured the slanders and calumnies indulged in by small men like Bill Frist, Denny Hastert and Tom DeLay. At some level a national political party must police itself. Admittedly, the democrats largely failed to do this during the latter Clinton years. But we're not talking about a stained blue dress this time; we're talking about war and peace, about the good name of America in the world community, about the trust of allies who've stood by us as we've stood by them, and the soul of a nation that hasn't yet come to grips with the fact that we thuggishly stomped a small, backwards, desperately poor and defenseless country that posed no threat to us.

History is watching.