"Barney Smith before Smith Barney!" was the best line at the convention. They talked about him on Washington Week too.  He is very famous now. ^^

I agree, it's VERY serious what happens in this next election.

Whatever your political leanings, I really do think people should be well informed with the truth, and then be trusted to be able make up their own minds for themselves about where they want the country to go and who they want to be their leader.

There hasn't been a Presidential election yet where I go to the polls feeling 100% about who I vote for, every flaw a candidate has is exposed. You have to think about it and make a choice. I registered to vote after Hurricane Andrew. There was no way in hell I would ever vote for Bush senior's re-election after what happened to the people in South Florida. It was a national shame. And I was an Independent voter up until Katrina. I'm not on the fence anymore after 12 years of Bush(s). The government's job is to protect America, and that doesn't just include terrorists, but natural threats and economic threats too. As someone who lives in a Hurricane zone, I can not trust the future to someone who doesn't understand how serious a threat hurricanes are to where I live, and how serious a threat off-shore drilling is to tourism. The last 8 years are proof positive that I can't trust someone who's on the payroll of Big Oil to make the right choices for America.

And that's all I'm going to say on the election.

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