Let us assume for the sake of argument that you were dictator for a year and all of your policies had a guaranteed 10 year life span, what policies would you put in effect?

When a politicians main job is to bring home pork to their district, it is really hard to claim that they really are moderate and that they will really different from other parts of the Democratic Party.

Yes, the top-of-the pyramid pharoahs of the Democrat Party have little use for anyone to the right of Barney Frank and the other Court Jesters like Pelosi, Reid and Obey. A collection of elitist nabobs in thrall to the networks and NYT/LAT jabberwocky left. Or is it the other way around? Can't tell, because the so-called Fourth Estate has become a shill and PR firm for the silly “socialism” Obama is trying to foist on us, just a short way-station on the road to “liberal fascism” where hate crimes will be defined by the dominant political elites, just like with Adolf and Uncle Joe.

Congratulation. It never gets old.

Perhaps, in the spirit of exploring both sides of an issue, we could look at the big versus small tent of the Democrat Party. Millions of moderates and regular democrats found themselves in the tent for this past election. What they fail to see is the miniscule size of the small tent running the party and basically all liberal opinion.

The Republican Party has always been a party of equals. Black, white, rich, poor – it didn’t matter as long as you held to the principles of low taxes, small government, less regulation and individual responsibility. Although there were leaders, there was no entitlement. A republican in Wyoming didn’t look down on a republican in South Carolina, because that’s not the way the conservative mind works.

But on the liberal side, a Manhattan democrat looks down on all the Hayseed Liberals, regardless of where they reside or their credentials. The dullest, most uninformed left-winger on the Upper East Side thinks they are far superior politically to anyone in Los Angeles, the second tier on the hierarchy of liberal birthright.

As for the bumpkins in flyover land, they are looked upon as nothing more than useful idiots to be seen in the voting booths but certainly not heard from. The contempt that those of the democrat highborn hold the balance of the party is palpable, but apparently the thought of being recognized for a moment for some service or written tribute drives people to ignore the treatment as one of great unwashed for that fleeting head nod of approval.

Yes, the Republican Party has a bit of rebuilding to do, but in comparison to the democrats, they at least have a base built on equality.

Tom Ridge needs to get back under the rock that he decided to come from of again. When a moderate shows up with a history of cutting budget and shrinking the government, then they will have the credibility to talk about changing the direction of the Republican party. But the big spending, big government pork barreling failures from the Bush Administration just need to shut up.