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I'm a hardcore conservative. So hard core that if the visualization of an aircraft could be used, the liberals are on the left wingtip, the conservatives are on the right wingtip, I'm a mile away from the right side of the aircraft, but I disagree with you saying only a democrat would do those things. Ever heard of John F. Kennedy, FDR, Harry Truman, Zell Miller, Charlie Wilson, Tip O'Neal, Teddy Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, even Bill Clinton? You can't lump all democrats into that category. We've had some great ones. Just like we've had some crap republicans. All the names I mentioned above are all dems even I would have voted for.
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Amen.
I try to stay within the fuselage of the aircraft, myself...
I think, if one is truly honest, there is no monopoly by either side on success or failure, common sense or sheer lunacy, thrift or spendthrift; that is why I always listen carefully to both sides and try to parse out the gist from the gibberish. I have voted for Republicans and I have voted for Democrats and I have voted for Independents. I do not allow myself to be swayed by whatever is the "flavor of the month" or ideas that are past their "sell by" date. Truthfully, I have not made up my mind who I will vote for on Tuesday; I'm still waiting for some answers for both sides to questions I still have. That said, Romney is really pushing it with his non-specific claims to have "plans" to resolve national problems. I really like specifics and I'm still waiting. Maybe it's because I'm old enough to remember and to have been affected by the claims of Nixon's campaign to have had a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam. He ran on that "secret plan" in 1968; in 1972, four years later, with the war still raging, he ran again on the same idea of a "secret plan". Turns out there was no real plan and Nixon would actually be gone from the White House before the last troops came home (although many MIAs are still to be accounted for). More than six years of political deceit in the White House led to more than six years of death and misery for the troops in the field. Some things in this country are too important to allow some sort of snakeoil salesman, of any stripe or party, to come along and siren song us into accepting their hokum. We again have troops in the field, as in 1972 when Nixon ran with his "secret plan"; we again have severe ecnomic uncertainty, as in 1972; we again heve deep partisan divisions, as in 1972. Let's just try to vote for whoever we feel is best for the job and not make 2012 another 1972...
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