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I can't recall the last time I voted for an incumbent for any office from any party since the very first election I voted in.. and I think I got that one right as well. It's funny.. I get painted with so many different brushes (you're a liberal.. you're a conservative...blah blah blah) that I have a hard time ever taking anyone seriously who says they belong to either party. Both are so corrupt and so unwilling to do the right thing, and so few are willing to point all their rage and anger at their own party, even though in the best case scenario, they are STILL largely to blame for nearly anything bad going on in government. The only way to get the Republicans to change is for the REPUBLICAN voters to make them. The only way to get the Democrats to change is for the DEMOCRATIC voters to make them. But that's the last thing that will EVER happen in our country. People are so blind about party issues that it makes the most zealot religious fanatics look reasonable sometimes.

Andrew is correct that Republicans are fundamentally for deregulation. But Andrew doesn't seem the least bit bothered by Barney Frank's quote above when the Republicans tried to add regulation to FM and FM. So why was that? Because that deregulation let them conduct business however they wanted and yes, it has been a big trigger factor in all of this mess. The mess was still there, but it was like the match that lit the fuse.

On top of all of this, we have some very serious national defense issues coming our way that will quickly make all of this seem inconsequential. The Russians and Saudis and Iranians are going to make the next 10 years and beyond a nightmare for the entire free world. And I don't think either of these guys are going to be strong enough (Obama) or big picture enough (McCain) to keep it from getting much worse for whoever inevitably will be president in 4 years (which I doubt will be either of these guys).

Brian