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"But to say
Republicans are guided by a higher morality and would never stoop to merely
wanting to thwart the trek of a president from the opposing party merely
becasue he was from the opposing party is hogwash, pure and simple. "


Of course Republicans would thwart a president from another party just because he was from another party. I do think, however, that Republicans are better at bi-partisanship than Democrats, and not only because Republicans are worse at partisanship. But Noonan is correct that Republicans are less hypocritical than Democrats in holding their own people to standards. More Republicans lose their jobs for their transgressions than Democrats. Of course, Republicans are usually bigger hypocrits in terms of preaching about their personal morality than Democrats. This is why I have heard prostitutes do better at Republican conventions - at the Democratic conventions they do it with each other for free more, and with less guilt and shame, thereby taking business away from the hookers. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]