Quote:
Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb  Larry, I respectfully disagree with some of your comments.  I'm not that pessimistic about the job Bush as done. I'm not entirely happy with government by a long shot. It's gotten too big and the American people have gotten too complacent. If something goes wrong in their lives, look to the government to bail them out.
The way I look at it, there is a large difference in the two major parties with splinter parties that are further left/right. (I'm not sure if they'll have an influence on this election.)
Democrats look at government as the all-knowing savior of the ignorant, bitter folks.
Republicans look at government as the ignorant one.
One party wants socialism, one wants some sort of Republic to continue.
It sounds as if you support taking a page from the 90s, when Perot split the vote (yes, I voted for the nut the first time) and the reaction to losing brought together the conservatives under Newt and they took back the House. By the way, that's the only way Clinton was kept in check and he was/is far right of Obama.
Consider this scenario: Obama wins by a landslide, Democrats get their 60 votes in the Senate and control the pursestrings in House. You really think they will screw up so badly again that the Republicans can take back the House in two years? I don't.
I also think the Federal government will mirror what we have here in Maryland. Funds diverted from the majority of the country to the unproductive, social leaches of society. It has definitely sucked here in Maryland the last two years, mostly as a result of local government meddling. I'm a transplant, been all over as most career military folks are prone to do. I really love this area and the people of Southern Maryland. But, after the little one graduates next June, we're probably outta here and head for someplace more rural, probably more south. And Costa Rica is still in the mix. We're not like those two kids threatening to move, we WILL move. (And I'll probably comment from afar to stay under my favorite poster's skins).
Thank the Lord for the beautiful day we have and don't be so pessimistic Larry. I do hope the country takes a turn toward what I believe is better, but that's up to the voters. |
Last week presented a golden moment for McCain to prove, yet again, he's not going to be Bush III and to prove to conservatives he hears us and knows we're right and to, if only for pure political reasons, to profoundly distance and define himself from his opponent and, AND be in the right.
Happily/sadly, Sen. McCain reminded me in no uncertain terms why I did NOT support him in the first place until he went and waved a real conservative, or so I hope, in front of my face.
They, our elected leaders, have spent nearly TWO TRILLION on this cleanup and the most important thing to them seems to have been to hang together lest we start thinking a good many of them actually give a damn what we think.
This thing faced overwhelming objection by the American people. Not 51-49, but something like 70-80% against and that is after they all took a turn telling us simpletons they just HAVE to do this. For our own good.
Respectfully, we do disagree.