I have a suggestion for columnist Dusty Rhoades: Stop worrying about a leader for conservatives and try to find a liberal who has morals and can tell the truth.

"I went to Rev. Wright's church for 25 years and gave him $1,000 but never knew he was an anti-American racist." ... "Even though I ran his nonprofit and lectured with him for years, Bill Ayres is just a guy in the neighborhood, or maybe I didn't know he was a bomber." ... "We will make Congress put any new bill to be voted upon on the Internet for at least five days, except the stimulus and health scare and nobody gets to read it, just vote. We won, we write the laws."

Transparency?

"My first executive order is closing Guantanamo Bay, although we have no idea where to put the prisoners. Oh, but now we have to come up with a new regime of laws for extended confinement for these dangerous combatants." Between the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, Marilyn Monroe and all the Clinton falsehoods (we won't bring up Carter, Edwards, Gore and Kerry), you are batting zero from where I stand.

Although I don't agree with all conservative views, I do know the group doesn't need Rhoades' help picking a leader. Because of Democrats "cross voting" in the primaries, conservatives were stuck with McCain. I'm sure that's the last help from you folks that conservatives will be needing.

Jim Alley

Pinehurst