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To: rintense; tuor;
Thanks for your kind words. Again, I thank Tuor for his honesty and effort to debate and not mantra us into submission.
519 posted on 06/02/2002 9:11:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave;Howlin
I've always liked you both, which is why I rarely engage either of you on these debates. Once I like someone their personal feelings and political leanings take a backseat to their worthiness as people.

I guess my only message is this. We're not all half-assed former supporters who are one issues voters or fair weather friends.

Some of us were hard core Bush supporters. I worked on Jebs campaign as a memeber of the Broward Republican Party and as a member of the Broward Young Repubicans. I, along with other freepers on this forum attended many protests during the attempted Gore election takeover. One guy I know has been a GOP delegate for years feels the same way many of us do.

We're not all fakes, or disruptors, or one-issue voters. Many of us are truly disgusted at being betrayed on issue after issue after issue. We think the huge spending, all of the newly created bureaucracies, the unconstitutional non-vetoes, the refusal to secure our borders and the breaking of campaing promises to be drastically opposed to our deeply held beliefs on where this country should be going.

For those of us who were hoping to roll back big government, or at least make a half-assed attempt at slowing it down, this admin has been a disappointment. I would dare say even a disaster.

I say let's agree that we're not going to agree on this. I'm too the point where I just want to watch the party burn and let the chips fall where they may.

The party of Reagan and the Contract with America has learned how to abuse our founding documents and spend our money for their own gain as good as any democrat, and some of us are just NOT going to support them anymore.

I've been voting for the lesser of two evils for years and I've decided I'll won't ever do that again. From now on I vote in the affirmative or stay home.

That doesn't mean we can't be friends (unless you're miss marple who hates the ground I trod upon).

526 posted on 06/02/2002 9:48:54 AM PDT by AAABEST
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