<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2004 11:11:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, nathanne@nathannewman.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The Democrats and Republican positions on a range of policies are far more<BR>different than say the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats in Germany,<BR>for example.   I can name ten issues where the GOP and the Dems have clear<BR>and stark policy differences.  I wonder if you can do the same for the<BR>major opposing parties in Europe at this point?<BR><BR>-- Nathan Newman<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Obviously you have never been to Europe</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>