I Didn't Spend A Lot Of Time

If We Are Negative By Nature, We Americans Are More Human Than Most. The Founding Fathers Loved Going Negative. Heck, The Declaration Of Independence Is One Long Negative Ad.

You Can Drive Yourself Crazy Trying To Peer Into A Person's Soul--or You Can Do The Sensible Thing: Ask Not What Inner Motives Drive A Politician's Policy Choices But Instead Whether Those Choices Are Good For The Country.

North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms Has Signed A Deal With Random House To Write His Memoirs. Scholars Will No Doubt Benefit From The Reflections Of A Man Who Was Wrong On Every Major Issue For 40 Years. Helms' Aides Say The Proceeds From The Book Will Be Donated To The Non-profit Jesse Helms Center Where They Apparently Have More Experience Burning Than Publishing Them.

The Bush Republicans' Policies Are, The Antithesis Of Patriotic. And So We Urge Democrats To Reclaim Patriotism - To Call On All Americans To Pull Together. And, Yes, To Sacrifice. Rich People Will Have To Do With Fewer Tax Cuts. Middle Class People Will Need To Drive Less And Switch To More Fuel Efficient Cars . And Poor Folks - Especially Young Ones - Will Have To Reduce Out-of-wedlock Pregnancies And Other Indicia Of Social Pathology.

If George W. Bush Is Given A Second Term, And Retains A Republican Congress And A Compliant Federal Judiciary, He And His Allies Are Likely To Embark On A Campaign Of Political Retribution The Likes Of Which We Haven't Seen Since Richard Nixon.