What is troubling to me is the partisan spin to everything. But it appears that Democrats can't recognize a losing hand. The outlandish extents that Dem representitives and pundits are embarking upon to try and make Berger's screw-up seem commonplace, nay ignorable, are unbelievable.

If the Dems are so willing to lie about this incident, it's not just national security in which that they cannot be trusted.

"If the Dems are so willing to lie about this incident, it's not just national security in which that they cannot be trusted."

I guess there's nothing about this statement that strikes you as a tad over-reaching?

I mean, three and a half years ago, the country just got through having a Democratic President for eight years, and through the early part of that period, the Congress was in the hands of Democrats, as it had been for forty years. And before that we had Presidents Carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, and Roosevelt.

Somehow we survived. Miraculous, I guess.

And, today, there are still more registered Democrats than Republicans in the country. So, apparently, the plurality of the country can't be trusted.

Rand Beers was an utterly trusted advisor for decades to President Bush, and President Bush, and President Reagan, and his career goes back long before that.

But I gather that as soon as he quits to work for a Democrat, he instantly becomes incompetent and untrustworthy.

How does that happen, exactly?

"What is troubling to me is the partisan spin to everything."

Me, too. How do you reconcile that thought with the rest of your comment?

I see multitudes of fringe elements issuing highly pejorative diatribes at events beneficial to Dem candidates yet those that benefit won't offer rebuke, instead ridiculously claiming an assault on freedoms of speech. I've yet to here any 'Bush lied, people died' propagator retract when it became apparent that Joe Wilson's truth palace was in fact a house of cards and the pontifications of Dick Clarke were timed and tailored for maximum book sale profits (for both himself and Viacom).

Dems have changed the qualifications for judicial posts from legal expertise to political correctness, using the filibuster to enforce.

Here in CO we have an outside Democratic-allied group funding a move to change the constitution so that electoral votes are split along popular vote tallies. If it’s such a good idea, how come similar amendments are not being sought in California, or New York?

Gary, what Berger did may, in fact, be quite innocuous. What is ludicrous however is the dem representatives and pundits attempts to define Berger’s secreting of classified documents on his person as inadvertent acts. Its defending the indefensible.

The sum total is more than an insult to my intelligence – it’s a clear indication that the Dems (national) will use all means, including the unethical and dishonest, to acquire the White House and Congress. So no, I dont think it's over-reaching to say that it's not just foreign policy in which Democrats can not be trusted.

Are you familiar with the fallacy of Ad Hominem Tu Quoque?

I could run through all the counter-convictions most Democrats have about Republican behavior, done before Democratic returns, in their view, as well, but it would be pointless. There are people on both sides, masses of them, maybe majorities of them, absolutely convinced that a significant chunk of the opposing party is The Party Of Demons.

It's sad.

What's saddest are the people on both sides who insist that their side is pure, and it's the other side that is All Demon.

Me, I note plenty of idiots and foul-players are each side.

You'll note that I've yet to draw any comparisons. You see, I agree that both sides are rife with idiots and foul-players. I am a bit idealistic in that I demand a level of political purity before I'll support a candidate or a platform. Ethics violations, blatent hypocrisy, breaking major campaign promises, and switching parties while in office are things that I can't tolerate, regardless of political affiliation. (And no I havent voted for Sen. Campbell since)

I dont think Democrats are evil, just misled (as are plenty of Republicans). While I distrust many individual Republicans, it has become evident to me, that Democrat leadership itself, willingly embracing tactics of purposely misleading the populas, can not be trusted.

Bains - What I find a bit difficult to swallow is the statment implicit in your comment that the Republican leadership isn't "willinging embracing tactics of purposely misleading the [populace]."

Politicians are politicians. Neither side is "inherently" more honest or trustworthy than the other. What makes the difference between the two parties is the voters and the pressure they're willing to consistently apply upwards.

Here in CO we have an outside Democratic-allied group funding a move to change the constitution so that electoral votes are split along popular vote tallies. If it’s such a good idea, how come similar amendments are not being sought in California, or New York?

Tell me you were laughing when you wrote that. It was a joke, right?