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To: Dale Baker who wrote (141062)	7/18/2010 12:08:13 AM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 543205

I met my disillusion in steps. First it was Watergate. I had no problem with Gerald Ford, he seemed innocuous. I thought Carter was vilified for trying to get the hostages out of Iran. I was afraid we might have a Christian nut at first with Carter, but he turned out to be an honorable person and I respected him even though I was still a Repub at the time. Then Reagan stuck it to me with the S&L debacle along with Iran Contra all while his brain was solidifying. Bush the 1st never impressed me, but I thought he would win the 1992 election because he had a good outcome in the Persian Gulf. So I voted for him. Then came the choice in the 1996 election. Clinton Had a very good first 4 years. I was impressed. I was very uneasy in the voting booth on election day. Would voting for Clinton mean I was a traitor to conservatism? I finally thought, "SCREW IT" and hit the Clinton-Gore button - and haven't regretted it since. I had concerns about Bush the 2nd well before the election in 2000. I thought his down-home rhetoric was phony from the start. How could a person who was supposed to be smart enough to be president appear to be so damn stupid? At the beginning of 2000, I wrote in a Yahoo LMT financial board the following, which I still believe to be the case: I just had a disturbing thought. by: spaceshipguy (59/M/Denver, CO) [my handle there - I quit posting some years ago] 03/07/00 10:18 pm Msg: 20182 of 158867 Why will Bush have a tough time beating Gore? Because the economy is so good - no one will want to change the party in residence for fear of screwing it up. Right? Do you suppose those wiley Texans behind Bush are working with their arabian oil buddies to manufacture a short term dive of the economy by raising and holding oil prices high for a while? Now there's a conspiratorical thought for you! Or is the OPEC production holdoff just a coincidence?