Well, I didn't sit out the election. But then, I had a true conservative to vote for: Duncan Hunter.
This doesn't mean that I wasn't heartily fed up with how much the Republicans didn't get done in the past 12 years and especially since Bush became president and they had all three houses of government.
What did we get? Two Supreme Court Justices - good thing.
Education bill crafted by Ted Kennedy.
No immigration bill.
Very little - and very late - border security.
No social security choices.
No school vouchers.
Ear marks from - ear to ear and then some.
Scandals one on top of the other. Scandals that Hastert and DeLay (himself part of the problem) knew about and did nothing. They all knew about Cunningham, Nye and the House page pusher.
Frist wouldn't push the button on making a final point that Supreme Court nominations shouldn't be fillibustered.
Couldn't get Bolton confirmed because of a REPUBLICAN senator.
Many conservative judicial nominees simply quit after years of not being given even a chance to come up for confirmation.
What's to vote for? Had Hunter not been my congressman - I might not have shown up at the polls. So, there - I said it.
Will I vote for Guiliani if he gets the nomination? Probably - but I would surely be wishing for somone I could really really support.
All in all, except for Bush's steadfast stance on the War - I'm heartily disappointed in him even though I worked in both his campaigns.
The last election I felt good about was 1994 - but the Republicans from Gingrich on down really mucked that up.
Great post.
The way I see it the sooner a socialist gets into office the sooner things will change for the better. The citizens of this country really need to be pushed to implement change. Hillary Clinto through her socialist policies would more than likely serve to wake everyone up. This in turn would bring a sort of renaissance to the US, and bring us back to better times.