i have grown to hate madison so much.

if i were to ever move back to wisconsin, it sure as hell wouldn't be there.

I live just outside of Madison and nothing that the Capital Times publishes surprises me anymore. The paper is nothing but a left-wing propoganda rag. Unfortunately, many people who subscribe the the paper have no idea that they are reading slanted news. They SHOULD know, but the average joe doesn't pay close enough attention .

Anyone resorting to the childish "we're superior" cliche' is proving the opposite.

James, if you ever move back to Wisconsin come to the Fox Cities (Appleton). Beautiful area, conservative values, and only 2 hours away from Madison and Milwaukee.

I grew up in Madison and check Madison.com to check the news. The one I can't stand is John Nichols. The sad thing is that there are a lot of conservative people I know in Madison but are so overwhelmed by the insanity that they can't be heard.

I think I could be happy with a half a week here in the summer and one football Saturday. I never used to think like that.

You live in Madison, Wisconsin and still have all those qualifications for another place to live? As far as I know, the only plus that Madison has is exits going in all directions.

Anyplace with less than 9 months of WINTER has got to be great!

No one mentioned the reasons why I said Madison is superior to the rest of the country. Here's why: there are a lot of local people here who participate in our local democracy. That's why. Our voting rates are usually over 80% while the rest of the country attracts a mere 40%. We take an interest in civic duty here and it shows in our local government. There fore I stand by my statement no matter how you want to skew it.

And by the way, the only thing worse than a Republican is a Democrat.

PEACE

There are LOTS of places with high voting rates, for example, I believe almost all of Iowa is also over 80%. And, yes, that is great and something to be proud of. However, the last sentence of the article is "Madison is the city where the best intentions of our forefathers will make their final stand against the hatred and fear that has spread across much of North America."

The implication isn't that Madison is so superior because of high voting rates, it's that Madison is superior because it's liberal. And, it doesn't stop there. You're saying that any conservative is a conservative because of fear or hate. That's what ticks me off about so many liberals. They want to classify all conservatives as either evil or stupid. There's no place in their world for someone who's smart, compassionate, but just thinks there's a better and different way to govern.

No one even jokes that Bush is running a well thought out, let alone "smart" govt. He went to war with no plan in Iraq. As for compassionate --bombing some of the poorest people in the world, Afganistan, was not very compassionate.

Don't forget Bush's whole campaign message was based upon fear. That's a pretty grotesque way to lead a country wether you're liberal or conservative.

Our president is neither smart or compassionate but there are plenty of Republicans who are.