Hey, Peace:

I'm with you. While I have mostly voted Democrat in my lifetime, I see less and less of a real difference between the two parties. Maybe I was delusional, but in the 40's-60's, I felt that the Democratic had some heart and vision. I don't see much of that, anymore. I'm not sure how all of this has happened. Perhaps it's tv coverage and polls that tell politicians what to say they believe in order to be re-elected. Seems like they all have their fingers in the pie, though. I'm sick of voting for the candidate who I think will do the least damage. I find the parties to be less and less distinctive... kinda like chosing up sides in a playground pick-up softball game.

Having just come back from 16 days in Europe, I have a fresh perspective on how America looks from a distance. While everyone seems to detest Bush, they wonder how Americans could be so stupid to vote him in to office for a second time, and how he gets away with what he does. If he is slowly becoming marginalized, it's because he is starting to have the stench of a loser. That may leave the Republicans scrambling to distance themselves from him. Whether someone steps forward with vision and conviction within the Democratic party remains to be seen. We can always hope.

In the meantime, it seems like politics has devolved into some kinda weird parlor game with everyone blaming everyone else, without offering much of anything positive.

This world is not my own, I'm just passing through...

Jerry