Liberals have a history of freaking out when a conservative speaks up . . . especially when they think they're holding a private party.  I don't care who gets upset.  Not my intention.  But the idea of Civil Beat pretending that it is nonpartisan is pure, unadulterated shibai.  Gotta speak up in the face of such nonsense. The only way anybody at Civil Beat ever voted Republican was if that person lived in Florida in 2000 and got confused by the butterfly ballot.