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Peggi
I'll throw myself under the bus here.
I will start by saying, I am a conservative, but I am not too far right wing, either. I would not vote based on party but based on what the candidate had to offer.
I would vote for a Democrat,
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I'll throw myself under the bus here.
I will start by saying, I am a conservative, but I am not too far right wing, either. I would not vote based on party but based on what the candidate had to offer.
I would vote for a Democrat, if I liked the issues they stood for. I would not vote for Obama. I would sooner shoot myself in the face. I don't particularly like the choices for the Republican party, either. For my personal ideas, the Republican party is the lesser of two evils.
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I'm not sure you are really throwing yourself under any bus. Honestly, your well spoken position, I bet, reflects what MOST Americans feel right now. It agrees with what MANY polls are saying too.
It seems that the Democrats have swung WAY far left, the Republicans have swung WAY far right and yet WHO speaks for us in the vast majority in the middle????
I think that polls show that MOST Americans are fiscally conservative, socially pretty liberal, and overall pretty open to any ideas, right or left, that get us on the right financial track and help empower our children to live in a more prosperous and stronger nation, with greater (or at least equal) opportunity to what we have.
The MAJORITY of us don't want to rip down Wall Street, we would like the opportunity to be AS successful as those folks are. We also don't really care who is "more Christian" and are far more interested in our children being able to find a job, be able to afford a house, get quality medical care when needed (as decided on by them and their doctor, not a bureaucrat, and be able to retire with comfort and dignity !!!!
In short, the majority of us fall well in between both parties and NO ONE is really speaking for US right now...or so it seems.
I think your eloquent statement said it VERY well, and is FAR more "mainstream" the you realize.