We first saw the puppets doing their master's bidding in November 2000. Through recount after illegal recount, Al Gore and fellow partisans continuously attempted to disenfranchise military voters, discard Republican ballots and steal the American Presidency. Fortunately, despite an absurd Florida Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Al Gore lost the election ¯ even after all the illegal recounts and numerous privately conducted recounts (including one by the liberally-biased New York Times) were completed.

The Democrats did not stop there, however, as we watch them cast illegitimacy on the 2003 midterm elections. In New Jersey, we have seen the corrupt, ethically unsound Sen. Robert Torricelli (D) and his liberal co-conspirators try to steal New Jersey's Senate seat and maintain Democratic control of the United States Senate. His career is marred by illegal campaign contributions, allegedly including more than ,000 in cash, an ,100 Rolex, a closet full of Italian suits, a grandfather clock and many other items. There are also videos showing Torricelli meeting with suspected mafia bosses.

Once additional evidence of these allegations was released, despite Torricelli's best efforts to keep these documents suppressed, his once 24-point lead over Republican candidate Doug Forrester disappeared, and Torricelli faced a 20 point deficit. After being contacted by the concerned Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), Bill Clinton and N.J. Governor James McGreevey, the senator had his name illegally removed from New Jersey ballots only 34 days away from the election.

New Jersey election law clearly states that after 51 days from the election, a candidate can no longer be removed from or placed on the ballot. The Democrats rallied and won a N.J. Supreme Court ruling from a panel of justices, which consisted of an Independent, two extremely liberal Republicans and four Democrats, two of whom donated directly to Torricelli's campaign and did not recuse themselves from the case.

Seventy-eight-year-old Frank Lautenberg, former Democratic Senator from New Jersey will be Torricelli's apparent replacement.

In North Carolina, Democrats are just playing dirty politics. I am sure this may come as a surprise to some other columnists, but Elizabeth Dole, the Republican candidate for Senate, is a Salisbury, N.C., native who has conducted a clean campaign and has repeatedly called on her opponent, former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, to sign a joint agreement to run issues-based campaigns. Bowles declined, and is currently running falsified, dirty campaign advertisements.

It makes perfect sense though ¯ when Bowles's opponent discusses issues and shows a clear, concise plan for North Carolinians and leads a campaign about results, while he himself cannot provide any of the above nor a distinct argument as to why he should be elected, it would only be logical for him to follow in Democratic style and use name calling and mud-slinging to win votes.

Another crucial component to the continuation of Bill Clinton's corrupt liberalism is to spread a generally un-American spirit. Democratic Congressmen Jim McDermott of Washington, David Bonior of Michigan and Mike Thompson of California recently went to Iraq to placate Saddam Hussein. Instead of staying on American soil serving the people whom they represent and working with the Senate and the president, these Democrats decided to act in a treasonous manner and attempted to appease mass murderers and terrorists. Their traitorous actions cannot be tolerated.

What can Americans do to put a stop to the illegitimate, ethically challenged, un-American form of Clintonian liberalism that is sweeping across the nation? Vote!

Americans need to get to the polls on Nov. 5 and take a stand. New Jerseyans need to make it abundantly clear that they will not allow criminals and morally corrupt politicians to decide who will win their Senate seat in some backroom wheeling and dealing. North Carolinians need to look beyond the sleazy campaign ads of Erskine Bowles and look toward a woman whose resume encompasses Duke University undergraduate, Harvard Law, service to five different American presidents and dedication to the American Red Cross as its president. Americans need to let these corrupt liberals know that they will be held accountable for their actions.