[NYCslicker]

I agree with you mostly and I respect your opinion.

I would respectfully submit: That was then. This is now.

[Al B.]

I certainly agree on how serious the situation is right now and I despise the current DC Republican establishment. I also remember the Carter years and it was a pretty disastrous period. The big difference (for me) is the degree of financial peril the country is in right now.

If Sarah Palin (or some other conservative) has any chance to be the nominee of the GOP and beat the commies in the Democrat party, she will have to form alliances within the GOP establishment that make sense. She thinks McCain makes sense. If she is proven wrong, I'll say it. Can't stand the guy, personally.