From today's fishwrap. First this guest editorial:
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/06/26/ed.col.chaney.0626.htmlexcerpt:
As of today, after 25 years, I am no longer a Republican.
I take this step with deep regret, and with a deep sense of betrayal.
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Fifty years from now, the Republican Party of this era will be judged by how we provided for the nation's future on three core issues: how we led the world on the environment, how we minded the business of running our country in such a way that we didn't go bankrupt, and whether we gracefully accepted our place on the world's stage as its only superpower. Sadly, we have built the foundation for dismal failure on all three counts. And we've done it in such a way that we shouldn't be surprised if neither the American people nor the world ever trusts us again.
Much more at the link. Then there was this LTTE on the opposite page:
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/06/26/ed.letters.0626.htmlexcerpt:
Torture isn't an American value
As a sixth-generation Oregon Republican - Nahum King family at King's Valley in Benton County, 1845 - I am a veteran of both Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm with 23 years of military service. I am deeply troubled by the reaction from my own political party over recent comments by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., about the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.
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As a U.S. military veteran, 1966 to 1992, I believe Sen. Durbin should be commended for his courage even though he does not represent my political party. It is the White House that mindlessly insults the troops, by court-martialing young soldiers at the same time it promotes those who set torture and abuse policies in motion.