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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Aug 23, 2008, at 7:36 PM, DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:

>  Pelosi gave a list
> of promises for the first 100 days and didn't pursue any major  
> things on the
> list. A couple token talks, but no real pushes to make them happen.  
> I just
> have  a hard time buying the idea that change will occur, let alone  
> be positive
> if  they gain the white house. They had the perfect opportunity to  
> earn my
> loyalty  over these 6 years, but have done nothing. I get the  
> feeling they want
> things to  look as bad as possible to help them in their white house  
> bid
> rather than  gaining our support through actual effort. Just  
> wondering how everyone
> else  feels about this, I would feel better if they were sending all  
> these
> bills up to  the white house and I could blame Bush for vetos but  
> let's face it,
> they don't  even try.

I feel the same. Modern American politics has become something that  
embarrasses me as an American.

I keep saying vote against the incumbent and the incumbents keep  
getting reelected.

I see daunting reasons why Obama will not be able to make substantive  
change. But I do believe he recognizes the big issues and he will do  
what he can. I was long a Republican but they lost me for so many  
reasons. Obama is super intelligent and he has good values and he  
knows how average Americans live. Bush Senior was disconnected from  
most of America. Bush Junior has been overtly and unabashedly generous  
to the wealthy and McCain doesn't even know how many houses he and  
Cindy own. I feel a need for a president who knows how most of us live  
and who at least tries to represent all of America.

As for Congress, the reason I say always vote against the incumbent is  
because career politicians strive for getting reelected, not for  
trying to make America better. I am depressed by the obvious low  
political IQ of so many voters, so I, probably vainly, hope that a  
mantra might become fixed.

Always vote against the incumbent. At the least, vote against the  
party in power. It's the best chance for balance. It's the best chance  
that the powerful, which is to say the corrupt, will not bankrupt us.

In this case, vote against the incumbent party in the White House.