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To: steve harris who wrote (382379)	5/4/2008 6:59:28 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574375

Not at all. My first instinct was to look to the Republicans for someone who believed in what I do. But I only found two I liked, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, but they didn't have any chance of getting elected. Then I turned to Democrats. The bottom line is that by voting Democrat, I am voting for some things I don't believe in, but in elections just as in everything else, you have to prioritize what your major issues are. No one candidate ever lines up with you 100%. Most of my life, the Republicans lined up with me on 95% of the issues. Only during Bush's Presidency has that figured dropped to 50%. Unfortunately, on the major issues, I no longer agree with Republicans: * we need to get out of Iraq and start spending that money on Americans not Iraqis * we need to become oil independent to ensure national and economic security * we need to stop taxing the shit out of the middle class and slow down the acceleration of the rich-poor gap * and we need to balance that damn budget and go back to the PayGo rules Only Democrats promise to do the above. The current neo-con Republicans are doing and will continue doing the opposite of all the above. So they lose my vote. That's a shame because on religion, abortion, gay marriage, most tax issues, approach to solving problems with the market, strong military, and social security, I line up completely with the old-style Republicans. But those aren't the big issues of today. Iraq, energy independence, and oil are the big issues and the neo-cons suck at those issues.