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March 24, 2005 OP-ED COLUMNIST DeLay, Deny and Demagogue By MAUREEN DOWD h my God, we really are in a theocracy. Are the Republicans so obsessed with maintaining control over all branches of government, and are the Democrats so emasculated about not having any power, that they are willing to turn the nation into a wholly owned subsidiary of the church? The more dogma-driven activists, self-perpetuating pols and ratings-crazed broadcast media prattle about "faith," the less we honor the credo that a person's relationship with God should remain a private matter. As the Bush White House desperately maneuvers in Iraq...

A man apparently enraged by a Bush Cheney sticker on a womans sport utility vehicle chased her for miles and tried to run her off the road while holding up an anti Bush sign, police said.Nathan Alan Winkler, 31, was freed on $2,000 bail Wednesday on a charge of aggrevated stalking which carries up to five years in prison.Police said as Winkler chased the womans vehicle, he held up a sign that read, 'Never Forget Bush's Illegal War Murdered Thousands in Iraq.'Michelle Fernandez, 35, said she is a registered Democrat who voted for President Bush in 2004