>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15408508/
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>>>It's crap like this that makes me want to back a good non-liberal Democrat.
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>>You mean like John McCain? Or wait is that a non-conservative Republican?
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>McCain, who I respect a lot, and will vote for if he runs, is conservative in most of his views. I like him not because of his positions but because I feel I can trust him. His recent genuflection to the religious right, the bedrock of the Republican base, is the first thing about him that has troubled me. I hope he doesn't go there. Straight shooting is his whole appeal. If he gives that up he's just another pol.
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>Another potential boundary crosser I am watching closely is Barack Obama from right here in Illinois. There is already Presidential talk about him, which I think is premature. Still, he's an intriguing guy. I heard him speak once and he was impressive without hardly saying anything. It was one of the two big annual events put on by the volunteer organization I am involved with, Chicago Cares, on the Saturday closest to Martin Luther King's birthday. The volunteers paint schoolrooms, haul away debris, and the like. Obama had just been sworn into the Senate a few days before and was the featured speaker on a panel of dignitaries including Mayor Daley. He wore dress slacks and a sweater and spoke like a normal human being, not a political shouter of slogans. (Hillary is TERRIBLE that way). He said thank you for getting out of your bed and coming down here this cold January morning -- which it sure was -- and doing some good for our city. He said a couple more things and sat
>down. Poifect.

Mike;

I am a Democrat but I vote for people based upon other than party affiliation. To me trust is everything. Does the person come across as honest? I do like McCain for that. Barack Obama seems like a truthful person “not full of himself”.

A republican I would have voted for was Alan Keyes. I like him as a person and personality.

It may not seem possible but had Johnson run for reelection I would have voted for tricky Dick (Nixon). My family might have disowned me for that! :)

Tom