A lot of Democrats are angry because Ralph Nader is running for president. What a silly thing to be angry about. Democrats would be well advised to be angry because their party has gone in lockstep with the current White House, supporting everything from the war in Iraq to the obscene Patriot Act. Now that the consequences (which any thinking person could have discerned long ago) of their alliance have come about, they are oh, so shocked and horrified.

I don't understand how non-white male Democrats can stand to even be part of a discussion about which white male will be Kerry's running mate (Kerry could choose a woman or a minority or both, of course, but the discussion is all centered on white males). It's the 21st Century, and "Should it be Edwards or Clark?" is the question we hear, when the question we should be hearing is "What the hell is the Democratic Party doing ignoring the majority of its so-called base?" Again.

As dangerous as this administration is, what's wrong with America goes much deeper than what is going on at the White House. The fact that Bush was even permitted to be a candidate for president is a clue. That so many people support him is another clue. And the fact that the Demoratic Party turned away from everyone but white males several years ago pretty much wraps it up.