LIBERAL FAT CAT HAS HIJACKED IDEOLOGY

Dear Editor: John Nichols paints a confusing picture in his lovely whitewash
of George Soros, the billionaire Bush-hater whose sole reason for being
seems to be defeat of George Bush.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought Nichols was the sort who
railed against "corporate fat cats" who used their ill-gotten fortunes
to influence democracy in America. Isn't that what the campaign
finance reforms of the '70s were all about? I guess not all fat cats
are evil, only the conservative ones.

Speaking of campaign finance reform, why doesn't Nichols seem to have
a problem with Soros using his money to spit in the face of Sen. Russ
Feingold's efforts at limiting the influence of money in elections?
Clearly this is violating the spirit of the law.

In short, John Nichols has shown that hatred of Bush is more important
than sticking to one's principles. It would seem that liberalism has
come full circle. What once was an ideology that appealed for concern
for minorities and those without voices has become so vacuous that it
can be hijacked by one man with a big check merely by appealing to the
basest of emotions, namely hatred and vengeance.

Jim Guidry

Sun Prairie