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Dear Alissa: The Democratic Party, many years ago, used to be a decent party. Can you explain where they went wrong. As a Republican, those many years ago, I considered all sides when thinking about voting. Today, particularly after the Clinton adminstration and watching the Democratic controlled Senate, frankly I think they are all crazy people who are intent on destroying Amerca. Why?

I can help answer that, having been a former rat, third generation.

Rats keep certain unreported assumptions in their minds.

1. The military is 'plenty strong'. They figure they can shave off the budget here-or-there and get bye.

2. Too much military power will 'make us evil'. Rats think that the temptation to conquer would be too great.

3. All this change is hurting the 'natural order of things'. Rats are actually anti-progress reactionists. They just try to spin their reactionism as being 'forward thinking', which is why they have to predict horrible things. Thank God the weather never happened to change the way they predicted.

4. 'The rich are evil and dangerous.' Just as military power can make one evil, so can too much money, they think.

5. 'Everybody does it.' Whenever one of their own gets caught, they assume that the GOP is just as bad-- just 'more sneaky'.