of traditional american values. today in his column in the washington post, he writes, the gop is a garbage scowl of the corrupt, the seditious and their enablers. this is unprecedented in american political history, but by now we have gotten used to it. that the most eloquence, and lacerating, and accurate descriptions of the republican party, now come from, the former leading lakes of the republican party. intellectuals like george will, speech writers like michael gruesome in presidential campaign strategist like stewart stevens and steve schmidt. in the list goes on and on. including our first guest tonight, who writes, it's long past time that democrats sees the high ground on values, including fair play, honesty, respect and nonviolence. in truth, a party that winks at