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And what is this evil that triumphs when good men do nothing? What are we really talking about here and is it worth fighting for? Is it worth turning our heads and allowing evil to continue on while we do nothing? (and I count voting for a third party candidate when knowing that he has absolutely no chance of defeating the Democrat, and worse, actually planning and hoping to knock out the Republican candidate who otherwise might have defeated the Democrat, as doing nothing).

And what shall we count it when Republicans seize various parts of this Democrat agenda in order to be elected?
If the Democrats are evil, isn't it because their agenda is evil, as well?
While we may not be able to right all wrongs at once, how can Republicans who promote what is wrong at a slower pace than the Democrats be doing anything but supporting evil by increments?
Republican incrementalism can't be defined as making problems worse at a slower pace than Democrats. It must be defined as solving problems, inch by inch, mile by mile, where and when we can, and throwing ourselves into the breach in the meantime.

I see allowing a Democrat to remain in power when it could have been prevented as a triumph of evil.

And yet I'll wonder again this Fall, as I dutifully cast my straight-line GOP ballots:
What does it profit us to remove the Democrats, only to see so many of their values retained by timid, careerist Republicans once they enter office?

"What does it profit us to remove the Democrats, only to see so many of their values retained by timid, careerist Republicans once they enter office? "

The NEA dumps moola into many Republican pockets (Arlen Spector for example)...it is high time that a line is drawn in the sand on this and on all public education related matters. There is no sense in co-operating with the educational machinery when it's goal is to turn out good little democrats. It must become taboo to co-operate with this institutionalized wing of the democratic party.