Reply #17: The scales have been pulled from my eyes...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

My 2008 vote comes from that place.

Prior to the 2000 election, I'd been very clear on the nature of GOP and utterly confident of the vast superiority of the Democrats. Mind you, I never stopped to actually analyze the individual Democrats or their positions, I just saw the "D" after their name and it was Pavlov's Dog all over again.

The first several years of BushCo demanded I become better informed and more capable of seeing through the media/political bullshit. It was also during that time that I was saddened to discover I, all this time, should have been using those same skills on those with the "D" after their names. :( It was a real, political awakening. I look back and realize just how much I excused, condoned, and ignored behavior/positions/attitudes in a "D" that I would have filleted a GOPer for. No more, thank you very much.

So I come to the '08 election with a fresh set of "eyes" -- and I will scrutinize every Democratic candidate with the depth and intensity a Presidential candidate deserves.