[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Similar to my "pilgrimage".

Democrats' criticism of Bush strikes me as blatantly opportune rather than principled. I don't know how those people can stand themselves.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I read The Federalist in my early 20s but, apparently didn't understand it because I kept voting Democrat.

When I re-read it in my 30s, I understood it but kept voting Democrat out of habit, even though I was basically thinking opposite of the party.

In '96, I voted for Clinton and would have probably voted for Gore in 2000 if Clinton had stood up and said, "Ya, I cheated on my wife and got a blowjob in the Oval Office so STFU."  The fact that he lied about something so incredibly stupid pissed me off.  Had he been honest I would have shrugged it off thinking, "Well, your wife's a hag so....whatever."

Although, even if he had told the truth and I stayed with the Democrat vote through 2000, 9-11 would have done it for me.

[Thombo2]

RE:Dems,"I don't know how these people can stand themselves."A combination of arrogance and ignorance.