>Yeah, well....
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>I'm not beholden to either party. Until 911 I was quite active as a Libertarian but didn't like their holier-than-thou attitude on that. Cancelled my party membership.
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>I'm starting to think that Perry is a sad little liberal f***er who reads websites and blogs that reinforce his beliefs without challenging them. You can see it in the catchphrases he uses and the canned belief structures.
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>It's hard to reason with anyone who holds opinions as he does unfettered by facts. I, in detail, pointed out his faults with the Iraq - WW2 comparisons and he blithely ignored them and just steamed along.
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>I'm sorry that your sheriff run was messed up by the party but .... thems the breaks with the GOP or Dems. I hate 'em both. You'd have made a great sheriff.
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>OTOH, I am fiercely American. Any undermining dweeb who lives under our protection and then spouts nonsense about how wrong we are in this or that without clear research will invoke my "informed" wrath.
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>:-D

Me too. There is no doubt this is the greatest country in the history of the world, but many deride it. It's those who haven't had the opportunity of fighting for it, usually.

I'm not giving up on the Sheriff's race. I'll be back in four years with a new party, or else I'll run as an independent. Hopefully, I won't be in the hospital when the deadline draws near, and maybe I can put a little money together during the meantime.