[Hoot Gibson]

At one time, this was you Hoot, though you are a different person now for some reason. Although you do still ridicule one particular party.

No, that was never me but you had that impression. There were always areas in which I openly disagreed with the Bush administration and I have been criticizing Hal Rogers' big spending ways for years. I even voted for his Democratic candidate in protest years ago. That was the last Democrat running for national office that I have voted for and unless things change drastically, it will be the last one that I will vote for in this lifetime. :biggrin:

However, my disgust with big spending Republicans like Rogers does not mean that I have lost all hope in our political system. There are responsible elected officials in the Republican Party but they are a minority. Such people are far more scarce in the Democratic Party, which is why I am a reliable Republican voter despite disagreeing with much of what they do as a party.