Well, it's Friday, which means it's time to look in the old Democrats.com mailbag and see what conservative Nobel Laureate tries to give me my comeuppance this week.

Mr. Byron Steiner writes…

Hi Bob,

There's so much bull going with this Democratic Party. If you go back before the war, they were all gung ho to get Hussein. Now they flipped, and undermine the effort. I used to be a Democrat, I'd never vote for any of them again. Bush has been solid over the last few years, the Democrats are jelly. The media has given the terrorists hope by attacking our troops, and that's why the Terrorist keep on fighting. Let's take away the Terrorists hope...please report the good things coming out of the war!!!

To which I say...

Dear Byron;

While I am 48 years old and no longer smoke marijuana, I will say that previous personal experience leads me to believe that you must have quite a stash.

You say "Bush has been solid over the last few years" but didn't say at what. I'd say he's been solid at lying our nation into a war against another country with no capacity to harm us and no relationship to those who actually did attack us. He's been solid at making a world that embraced America on September 12, 2001, hate our collective guts now.

He's been incredibly solid at taking the biggest budget surplus is U.S. history and turning it into a deficit that will haunt my eight-year-old son's generation. And he's been just peachy at having an administration that violates the Constitution and debases our founding principles in a way that must make Osama bin Laden double over laughing.

As to a statement like "the media has given the terrorists hope by attacking our troops," I'll just assume that you ran out of pot and switched to crack cocaine before that sentence.

Finally, if you "used to be a Democrat," I have a hot date with Angelina Jolie tonight.

Ms. Allison Winters -- obviously referring to how I once criticized the head of the American Legion for swift-boating anti-war protestors -- writes…

Dear Robert,

Without people like Mr. Cadmus and his American Legion. You would have your basic German or Japanese Legion to go to. Now That's Totalitarianism and your little butt would be silent. Yes your right about getting the troops home - just as soon as the job is done. Even if you asked most Military types they would say you are right - Who Likes War? - least of all the people who fought in one. But you go to fight them there - not here. Enjoy your Freedom and Thank A Vet.

NO Fan!!

To which I reply...

Dear Allison;

I am a Vet, but feel uncomfortable thanking myself -- so I'll just accept your warm wishes. And, I have to say that nobody has implied that I have a "little butt" in a really long time and, because of you, I have a little extra spring in my middle-aged step today.

Thank you!

Mr. Randy Peluso obviously read something I once wrote castigating MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell for how overtly right wing she sometimes appears when substituting for Chris Matthews on Hardball and comments...

Hey, Leave Norah O'Donnell alone. She doesn't have to be like, or ask questions like Walter Cronkite, cause she is way prettier than he is!

Dear Randy;

Hey, I'm a guy, so I'm with you on the fact that, on a purely surface level, Ms. O'Donnell is indeed quite fetching. But, for real news, I'd have to take Walter Cronkite any day.

My advice for you, is next time Norah -- or Noron O'Donnell as the wags at Crooks and Liars call her -- is on television, dim the lights and enjoy what she has to offer with some oil and a box of tissues.

That should work for you.

Tune in next time for another edition of the Friday Fruitcakes. And, for you hateful, self-loathing Republicans – keep those cards, letter and e-mails coming.

You can reach Bob Geiger at geiger.bob@gmail.com