"The argument that we are helping Democrats because we don't tow the party line is getting old and tired."
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You may not like hearing it, but IT'S TRUE.
It has nothing to do with whether or not I like hearing it; rather I no longer view the (woe is me the rats will get in) argument as meaningful.
I have a very good friend who is a retired a full bird Special Forces Col. During his career he spent two tours Vietnam, the first Iraq war, and served in several sensitive post throughout the world. My friend was fairly high up in the Army political food chain and even now has several contacts in the Pentagon and close to the white House.
Back in 2004 my friend and I were at odds because he said he was not voting for Bush. We joked about it quite a bit but he really was serious. I couldn't understand how an extremely conservative and decorated veteran could chose Kerry over Bush. My friend said he detested Kerry but that this country needed a change to the right and that Bush was not the man to do it; that he was an elitist with a one world vison like his father and was, in fact, quite socially liberal. My friend said that if Kerry was elected the nation would be so fed up at the end of 4 years that the country would take a hard swing to the right in 2008; something that would not happen if Bush remained in office for a second term. My friend would not elaborate but also told me I would not like what I see in Bush's second term.
I didn't believe him back then, but I am starting to think there was some truth in what he said.