[BluesDuke]

Oh, and you expected the most-qualified to step forward? Seriously, I doubt anyone could have beaten Clinton at that point, unless the Little General had stayed out of it.

I expected the alleged Republican Party to at least make the effort. They sent a glue factory nag to run against a horse who could have been beaten. Thanks but no thanks, and I don't care how smart he might have been sending troops into battle, I've long enough been fed up with smart-with-the-troops people who use those instances as convenient shields to uphold or further metastasise the welfare state. Nominating Bob Dole told me how unserious the Republican'ts were. (Unfortunately, the party I thought might get serious enough in due course turns out to have been its own kind of corrupt. So be it. My loyalty is to my country and her Constitution, what remains of it, the parties be damned.)

[FlyVet]

I've long enough been fed up with smart-with-the-troops people who use those instances as convenient shields to uphold or further metastasise the welfare state.

Nice righteous thought, but the alternative was? Who did you vote for?