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Submitted by Alfred J. Lemire, Nov 16, 2006 00:06

Good. I didn't want more than a thou words to appear, anyway. I really did want to punch at support for Rudy Giuliani and batted away at a piece after I saw the editorial. I have edited the last graf & added to it. And by writing that Mr. Rumsfeld should have been replaced, I'm not arguing for a revision of the Iraq policy. Mr. Rumsfeld's arrogance and unwillingness to heed counsel led to myriad blunders. At 12)1 a.m., I can be sure that this won't be seen by anyone in the public--and maybe not even at the Web site. The new kicker: His candidacy, like that of the choleric John McCain, sucks air and space from better Republican candidates for President. However, other than Mitt Romney, who likely will have to go before a group of ministers, not unlike the John Kennedy performance in 1960, no other worthy or electable candidate has yet appeared among the Republicans. One wants better choices to turn up. Bush was better than Albert Gore or John Kerry, but "better than" presidents, one knows, might still not be good enough, and Mr. Giuliani would be a "better than" President. Republicans are dispirited by a stupid presidential decision not to replace Donald Rumsfeld months ago and a witless Dennis Hastert decision not to declare in early October that he would not be a candidate for a House leadership post. Instead, both men waited to disclose decisions that, if made earlier, would have saved Republican contenders for office at both federal and state levels. One trusts that people now and historians later will judge both men harshly for not doing what they had to do to avoid Democratic majorities in Congress. Earmarks and other instances of legislative fecklessness further dismay Republicans. For them, these are gloomy times. But one cannot lose hope. One must not lose hope.

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