Reply #101: I don't disagree

[pipoman]

that many voted for Raygun and Poopy. Then many voted for Bill who summarily kicked them in the groin, kneed them in the head, and took a dump on them...and is completely unapologetic to this day. The combination of the trade agreements and the assault weapons ban surely lost us the Congress in 1994 and the presidency in 2000 by kicking traditional blue collar and rural Democrats squarely in the nuts. If Bill and the party would have listened to the 70% of us who strongly opposed the trade agreements and the majority of traditional rural dems who strongly opposed the AWB, likely we wouldn't be in Iraq right now. Now here we are with our candidate who instills hope choosing one of the strongest supporters of the trade agreements, the AUTHOR of the idiotic AWB, and strong supporter of the Iraq invasion as his running mate...go figure...that choice alone puts Obama in a dead heat with a guy who is nearly dead. I so hoped for a running mate who could bring hope with him/her...no such luck. Most people in this country vote based on hope more than party lines. Once a party has defecated on them they look to the other party for hope which doesn't seem to ever materialize into reality.