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honestly...
in order for me to be a republican
they would probably have to jump back at least 100 yrs. I would vote for Teddy Roosevelt..and that is about the last republican i would have voted for..Then again, there are very few presidents during the 20th cent that i would have voted for. TR, FDR, truman, jfk maybe, and clinton. Not htat i would have voted against the others, just that i don't think i would have voted 'for' them at the time.
Now, for me to vote for any party, they would have to separate from the fringe groups. i despise the religious right. I despise that the current regime goes against stem cell research based on that. I HATE the current argument for/pro abortion. I don't think it's going to change and i feel it is being used far too often to mobilize a group of people. It should not be a matter of national politics. Sorry, it just shouldn't be something to be dragged out every 2 yrs...kinda like th war on terror. Things are quiet until election time...
I wish both parties would slide away from the negative attack ads. Seriously, if you cannot run on what you believe in, you should not run on what you think the other person did wrong. that drives me nuts 10,000,000 times more than people who run based on which way the polls go this week.
I would love for a return to accountability to Washington. Both parties are guilty, but it's just that everyone seems to have something or someone to blame. Perfect case in point right now, M Foley....goes from Alcoholic to abused by clergy to god knows what else right now...seriously, say, "I'm disturbed" get treatment, then come back and he'd probably be re-elected...as of now, though, his career is gone and he's taking everyone down with him.
Seriously, the American public is very forgiving when it comes to their leaders. JFK comes out, says, "Hi, i f**ked up with the bay of pigs, it was all my fault" boom, ratings through the roof. People respect a leader who can admit mistakes instead of one who passes on the blame. Whatever happened to "The buck stops here" approach.
I just feel as if a huge change in politics is coming along very...very quickly. I think the people are getting fed up with being pulled in either direction, more and more from where their fundamental convictions lie. I am more on the democratic side, but i see my party slipping away from where i think it should be. I have friends on the republican side who feel their party is gone haywire. We can agree on SO many issues, but yet, we are both labeled republican or democrat and are lumped in with the fringe groups...
Sorry for going way off topic, there ,but honestly, right now, i'd probably go for any party that would just step up and take responsibility.
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Chris
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