Not a Democrat, an Anti-Republican
I, for one, will not watch the speech tonight. I am past the point where I can tolerate Bush’s face or words. It’s simply I no longer trust a word he says. I say this as a moderate who voted for Ford, Bush 41 twice, Bush 43 in 2000 ( I honestly felt Bush was less dangerous than Gore - what a fool I was).
It’s gotten to the point where Bush is like squeaky chalk on a blackboard to me. It’s personal and I think the reason I’m so upset is that Bush and the current crop of Republicans have pushed me further to the left than I feel comfortable.
I’ve always been very conservative on fiscal issues and that made it hard for me to vote for Democrats. However, on social issues I was always more Libertarian. However, now I feel betrayed by our political environment. Republicans have turned into radicals who are out to destroy the America I love. They actually remind me of the SDS of my youthful college days - radicals sowing chaos as a way of forcing radical change.
Thus I am still not a Democrat but I am an Anti-Republican. Call it BDS or anything you like, but the feelings are genuine.
I just ran across this Oct. 2000 presidential debate transcript while looking at an ancient post of mine on another website. Skim over the first third, which is on foreign policy, tell me which would qualify as the more "liberal" guy on foreign policy. Dang if I can tell. Maybe it will help you feel better.
All goes to show ya, I think, one DOES have to judge on things like character and experience (despite the bitchin' of many blog denizens about the stupidity of voters doing that,) because no one can foretell the future. They can promise you they are going to do this or that with this or that situation now, but things change.
September 13, 2007 11:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Art - Thanks a bunch for the link. I almost busted a gut reading Bush's comments. Everything he said he stood for, he's done a 180 once in office. I can see why I thought he was okay, but I'm still kicking myself for falling for his political spin.
September 13, 2007 2:11 PM | Reply | Permalink