| Young whipper snapper. Love that term; my dear old dead granddaddy used to call us that. Lessee, I have only voted for one presidential candidate who won, Clinton for his first term. The first one I got to vote for was Carter back when you had to be 21 to vote. I was old enough for Uncle Sam but too young to vote or legally buy hard liquor. So, you all can get out the broad brush and paint me as you wish. I am liberal when it comes to helping those truly in need. I'm a product of that Old Time Religion taught in the Methodist Church and Kansas farmer help your neighbor values, though I no longer believe that things will be really good when I'm dead and all that.
I am conservative when it comes to government interference and regulation. I firmly believe that if I screw up, I have to face the consequences. And so do you. But I sure as hell don't want anyone in government telling me how to live my life as long as I don't mess up anyone else's.
Right now I am so stoked to vote FOR someone, anyone, who gives me some hope for the future instead of some money-beholding gasbag who tells me how bad the "other guy/girl" is for me and my country. To boil it down, I love my country but fear my government.
And so it goes.  |