Right Flight IV

I am a liberal but I support many conservative issues and have voted Republican. I am deadly serious about this. I am very upset by the too rich folks throwing $1000 bills at our terribly failed President in Bellevue.

Showing up to support this President at a party fundraiser is is not all that different from those in the American colonial establishment, e.g. Franklin's son, who remained loyal to George III after it was apparent that his government was demented. That George was not evil, nor is his current namesake, but neither was fit to govern.

I have no issue here with those who know Bush well enough to want to eat a last supper with him. Giving money to Reichert is also understandable but where is the GOP heading? Surely it sdoes not plan to stay in Baghdad? To my Republican friends, PLEASE, in the name of our shared patriotism, lets ALL move on. There have been and are rational and admirable Republican leaders. Now is the time , before you get wopped at the next election or George makes an even larger mistake, to reform.

The trade issue is a great one. We are at crucial time for the US economy. In this century we will face many of the same challenges that brought down G. Britain a 100 years ago. Traditional Democratic labor support is a lot like the post Rove role of the religious right in your party. A candidate for President in the Democratic part can not support free trade even is she or he knows that this is wise economics. Even on this one issue, there is a real reason for patriotic Americans to want a rational alternative to the Democratic party. The key word is rational.

A good place to start ... the Governor campaign. If Rossi is really what the Guzzo connection suggests, my choice in the last election was wrong. Even if the GOP loses to a weak candidate like Gregoire, the time has come for the gOP to return to the excellence of Dsn Evans' era. If Rossi is to be the candidate he needs to gently dump Bush and Guzzo and show the leadership that would differentiate him form the competent but directionless leadership of Ms. Gregoire.

Those contributing to the upcoming business dinner for Jeb Bush should think abot the opportunity they have to encourage the gOP to move in a a more functional direction. I find it hard to imagine that there is not a Schwarznegger Republican a rational Republican, who could lead our state.

John McCay?