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Letter: Party lines must be blurred to heal U.S.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 | 1:17 a.m.

As I watch television, it is abundantly clear that the U.S. Senate is in the throes of a civil war. Republicans, who negate and spuriously deny those rights bequeathed by the Constitution, follow their leader and have for many years.

This polarization must be shattered, and it can begin only when the voters of this nation make a leap of faith as they vote. American government will remain paralytic when voters adhere only to the party line. This is imperative; together we achieve, divided we fail. This must begin with your vote for the president.

The next president will inherit a ready-made mess. In addition to a gigantic deficit, there are the immigration impasses, economic aid for those in need, global confrontations and myriad other concerns. We cannot minimize any of these with a president who is incompetent and dictatorial. We are not in the world in which Bill Clinton was the president - President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney changed the scenario.

Madelyn Olds, Las Vegas

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