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To: Teacher317
The GOP may be the only current viable party for the Constitution's (hopeful) revival, but certainly not in it's present form. We'll be back when you guys figure out that principles matter more than political gamesmanship. Loyalty to ideals, not loyalty to name brands. That's what is bothering so many of us the most, I think. I really, truly, honestly thought that GWB was a Reagan-esque man of PRINCIPLES. I was excited. My hopes were sky-high. I thought that my very first steps into 'active' political proselytising (and MARCHING, fer cryin' out loud!) would be vindicated. I SWORE to all my friends (and anyone who would listen) that THIS was the guy who would turn back the tide of Socialism in America. I got TWELVE non-voters and first-time voters to go to the polls and vote for him! Instead, he's made a BIG liar out of me on that "Socialism" stuff, and he's proven to be just "more-principled-than-Clinton-and-Gore-combined"... and that's a depressingly low bar to hurdle.

Don't write off a whole party based on one jerk.

If you must leave the presidential spot blank, that that's what you have to do, but PLEASE don't forget the smaller races, since THAT's where our next congresscritters come from.

490 posted on 06/19/2002 9:27:36 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan
PLEASE don't forget the smaller races, since THAT's where our next congresscritters come from.

Good point... and let's not forget the (snowball's) chance of getting a better candidate in the primaries, too. As for those smaller races, I had been using most of those to support Libertarian and/or (preferably) Constitutionist candidates, but the rest of the votes were reliably GOP.

509 posted on 06/19/2002 12:57:05 PM PDT by Teacher317
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