been thinking...

maybe i could make friends with an old Republican...
one who remembers when their party stood for more than some kinda imperial cronyism...
but anyone my age or younger...
wow.
Reagan was President from the time I was 10 till the time I was 18. The 80's were Reagan and A.I.D.S. so yeah, I get upset when I see cute young girls dressed like Pat Benatar...
but I digress...
The Republican Party has been bankrupt and soulless almost as long as it has been in power. The Reagan revolution may have had some genuine ideas and thought behind it (I'm guessing it didn't have much, but after GW I'm even willing to give G Sr. the a little benefit of a lot of doubt) but since then there has been little thought to the real effects of their policies. They might as well be Maoists promoting the great leap forward as their people starve. The policies they have pushed forward since I was ten have simply proven not to work - not to increase the greater good. Am I some kinda lefty? yeah, but I am also a pragmatist. If their shit didn't stink, I wouldn't hold my nose just for show... If their positions played out so that things got better they'd have my support. It is just not the way things are.

eh, I'm a little drunk, and a lot grumpy...
time to go to bed and try not to grit my teeth...


but just a quick reminder,
one of McCain's top advisers is a former lobbyist for Georgia.

No matter how they try to spin it...
this is not a good thing...