C3PX said: That comment very nicely sums up exactly why I am not a Democrat. That self righteous, we are so intelligent, if you think differently than us then you are by default an idiot, etc. attitude. It bugs the crap out of me, and most Democrats I have known have it. It is kind of like the popular kids back in high school, "if you don't wear __insert brand name here__insert product name here__, then you are not cool!" If you are not a Democrat, then you are not smart. Because all smart people are Democrats.
Sorry, just suddenly had the urge to quote myself.
It is ashame people have such a lack of understanding of how things work that they cannot separate party from policy. Bush made a lot of fuck ups during his time in office, increased spending through the damn roof and grew government. Things that are by definition very UNconservative. You guys seem to feel because Bush (a nonconservative) failed (in your eyes), that conservatism has now been proven as a failure. THat is a lot like saying, "I have tried a fried egg once and it tasted like crap, therefore I am certian that fried chicken also tastes like crap." That is a very dumb way of thinking. Perhaps the Democratic party is not the intellectual party after all.
Conservatism hasn't failed, nor will it ever. These things worked for the country in the past, they'll still work now. That is not to say all progressive ways of thinking are bad, but sometimes leaping into change for the sake of change is not the wisest idea. What we have had for the last eight years has hardly been the ideal Republican President. Maybe if you guys could come up with a single candidate who is not a freaking cardboard cutout of every other Dem candidate, you would not have had to suffer for eight years. Al Gore? John Kerry? Even Hilary Clinton was the same thing, only with a few different parts. It is about time you get someone with a little depth to them! You finally did that with Barak (though it is some pretty dang scary Marxist depth), and for your sake, hopefully that goes somewhere.
I really don't want to vote for McCain, I do not like the guy at all. I am not at all impressed with his track record, or many of his policies.