I am a new reader of your blog, and I appreciate that you are willing to stand up for Democrats in South Carolina. However, I take serious issue with a few of your observations.

First, Andy Brack does not live in Columbia, he lives in Charleston. As a former congressional candidate, Kerry supporter, and founder of the "Center for a Better South," Mr. Brack is a leader in this state for progressive policies. If you read some of his columns and check out the work that the Center for a Better South has done, then you'd see he is clearly trying to pave the way for more liberal policies in South Carolina. He's about as far from the good-ole-boy system as it gets.

I also think that you mistakenly assume that simply because someone is moderate (or as my mamma says, "polite") in their tone and rhetoric, then they are somehow less of a Democrat than you are. Calling a woman a durogatory word and saying that Joe Lieberman a traitor is neither helpful in promoting your cause nor useful in the political process. You may disagree with Lieberman's stance on Iraq (as do I), but he is a great statesman and a faithful Democrat. He deserves our respect.

In short, we should never water down our beliefs as Democrats. However, ad hominem attacks are never useful. And they certainly aren't classy.

You call her that? The very use of the word means that it is more appropriate of yourself than of her. Your look of shock that night when Joshua Gross used the Palm Beach retort showed that you were lost when logic is on the table; you were/are way out of your league.

Memo: Have you read your introduction to "Meet Roxanne Walker"...and yet you call another blogger "self absorbed." Spare us. This cat fight is all vanity driven.

Some of us just enjoy reading substantive opinions and differing points of view without the insults.

Roxanne,

I never tell people what to say but I do think your comment about Sunny was over the top. I think you should rephrase it and not use those type of derogatory words. You are better than that. Sunny is a friend and she made a mistake with your name. I only hope that people don't think that about me when I don't remember their name. Can't we all get along I want to live in peace and harmony.

I'm glad I was able to catch you on ETV last night, Roxanne. You did a great job of holding your own against the Philistines!