Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

02 Jul 2004, 10:16 a.m.

Also Includes "Really quick, is God on America's side?"

Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2004 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.

Sharpton, with whom I often disagree: "...George Bush has so let down what conservative -- I remember when conservatives were respectable."

In the same debate, Kerry: "...is this president a legitimate Republican or conservative? Because there's nothing conservative about driving deficits up as far as the eye can see.

There's nothing conservative about trampling on the line of division between church and state in America.

There is nothing conservative about letting your attorney general trample on civil liberties and civil rights, and be twice cited by his own inspector general for doing so...."