Joe

"Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> wrote in
news:oaednS75X6AuIG3enZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@giganews.com:

> Joe wrote:
>> "Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> wrote in
>> news:oo-dnWTgBss24nLeRVn-qA@giganews.com:
>>
>>> Joe wrote:
>>>><snip>
>>> There really isn't much difference between Republicans and Democrats
>>> once they are in power. The Republicans should be running a huge
>>> budget surplus right now (January actually had a $21 billion
>>> surplus) but they can't stop spending to save their ass, and ours
>>> for that matter. One thing the Democrats do want that I think would
>>> be an absolute disaster is nationalized health care. I certainly
>>> don't trust the government to make health related decisions on my
>>> behalf.
>>>
>>> Basically, they are all money whores. They sell their souls for
>>> campaign cash and free vacations. They get elected and think they
>>> are now royalty that should have special perks and privileges. It
>>> has always been this way and was likely worse before the advent of
>>> instant communication to the general public. Anymore I am
>>> pessimistic about cleaning up government. Power corrupts so the
>>> majority of whoever is in Washington will likely do the same over
>>> time. The only thing that makes me vote Republican is they don't
>>> seem to want to dig into my wallet with new/higher taxes and the are
>>> more proactive with national defense (for better or worse).
>>> Democrats lean toward socialism, to which I am definitely opposed.
>>> Plus Democrats had 40 years of welfare that was supposed to help the
>>> less fortunate and all it did was make them more dependent and less
>>> self sufficient. Also, they have no new ideas (their olds ones
>>> don't work) and they won't listen to the more centrist members of
>>> their party. Actually, at this time, the Republican Party is much
>>> more centrist than the Democratic Party. Look at who is running
>>> their party, Howard Dean, Nancy Polosi, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy.
>>> People like Evan Bayh, Bill Richardson and Joe Lieberman are
>>> ostracized because they aren't liberal enough. I wonder if Bill
>>> Clinton could get the Democratic nomination if he were running in
>>> 2008. I think he would be considered too centrist. What has
>>> happened to the Democratic Party is the same thing that could have
>>> happened to the Republicans if Pat Buchanan had been successful.
>>
>> Actually, I don't think anyone is running the Democratic party. I
>> think they're on autopilot and it's malfunctioning. OTOH, the
>> Republicans think they are simply too good for us commonfolk. They
>> exude arrogance and selfishness.
>
> I think they ALL exude arrogance. Especially the Senators. Did you
> watch any of the Alito hearings? That is a committee full of pompous
> a-holes. The purpose of the hearings was to ask Alito questions to
> determine his fitness for the Supreme Court but most all of them used
> over two-thirds of their alloted time to give grandstand speeches.
> They love listening to themselves talk.
>
>> These are but a few reasons why I'm a registered Independent.
>
> The trouble with being a registered Independent is there are hardly
> any Independent candidates to vote for, and if there were, I would
> give them one term in office to become just like the Republicans and
> Democrats are now.

That's not the point - I refuse to associate myself with either of the
major parties. The only downside (which really isn't a downside at all)
is that I can't vote in primaries. I can vote for whomever I want in
major elections.