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To: TimF who wrote (278187)	3/4/2006 7:45:09 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572508

re: I really would like to shake up the current cozy Republican grip on power, but not by giving things back to the Dems. Me neither. It's my firm belief that government functions best when there is a division of power, and when compromise is necessary for new legislation. Then you get incremental (usually positive) change on the smaller issues, and you only get radical change on the major issues that can build a consensus (because they are obvious for the public good). That's why I have always had a slight voting bias for the party that has less power. But my feelings are changing... with the new level of corruption (at least in my lifetime) that I see in this government (both Rep and Dem; I suspect that the Reps have more corruption only because they have more power). I'm now leaning towards the voting against all incumbents, regardless of party. A "throw the bums out" and "send a message" voting strategy. You may identify with the Reps more than the Dem from a philosophical perspective, but if you look at the pragmatic results, without bias or a lot of justification crap, you should admit that from a libertarian perspective government under Clinton was better than government under Bush. (And you really need to look at the neo's differently than the traditional Reps). And when Clinton said "the era of big government is over", I think he really meant it. John