Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  happyinsa writes:
Many of the letters here simply reinforce Billie Briley's
sentiment. I'm not republican or democrat because over the last
few years both parties have drifted/morphed/devolved into things
that I feel don't speak for me. Both sides. It's been ugly. Very
ugly. Perception is everything, and maybe the only thing,
important in making people vote the way they do. I never would
have voted for Obama because I "perceive" him to be completely
clueless and incompetent. But the republicans have become
tainted by allowing other clueless republicans to be elevated to
posts on the Committee for Science and Technology that paint
them ignorant of basic science. For example: They tolerated the
wannabe Senator from Missouri to show his ignorance about
circumstances in which sperm and egg are in close proximity to
each other almost always results in pregnancy. Nature does not
matter whether it's rape or consensual sex. Republicans should
nurture hispanic voters who gen