Seems like they're getting all twisted around again.

I noticed this even before we went to Iraq. Never understood the parties' positions on that, coming purely from a fundamentalist point of view. The Republicans were for it, when I would expect them to be more isolationist and keep our military here mostly to protect us against further attack. And the Democrats' liberal agenda should've made them pleased as punch to be helping provide liberty to the desperately oppressed.

And you're dead on for intruding in our daily life. Bush and other Repubs getting involved in the whole Terry Schiavo "right to death" travesty last year made we... well, I couldn't even watch... just thoroughly disgusted.

But it's funny. I'm even more put off by the Dems. I expect what I'm seeing from the Republicans, so nothing there surprises me. Washed my hands of them years ago. But I hold Democrats to a higher standard that I'm just not seeing and I feel more and more sold out with each passing year. They talk a good game during election years, only to back out of almost every true liberal agenda/talking point when they win at the polls. Pretenders... all of 'em. Can't stand 'em, don't trust 'em, and won't vote for 'em even if they paid me.

I just want someone who has the cajones to stand up for liberal ideals and be as unabashed about it as Bush has been for conservatism. I'm tired of Democrats pretending to be the champions of the liberal cause and then undercutting it wherever possible to score maximum political points against the sitting (Republican) President. I've had it with the arrogant phonies we keep getting stuck with. Here's to hoping the next generation of Democrats has the integrity to stop blaming Bush for the party's failures and start injecting a little honesty into the party. Certainly can't do much worse than they are now.

>Hey, Jason, no question, the Dems are just as bad.
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>What irritates me is the hypocrisy of the Republican party leaders. All their talk about "limited government" becomes lip service when they get into issues of morality. They are supposed to be the party that's more fundamentally consistent with the principles of a free society.
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>Kevin