Tut, tut, Alex, we are keeping a civil tone here. While I agree that the military industrial complex pushes war for that reason it would be unfair to say Doug or lep or any of our conservative friends are interested in war because they can make money from the conflict. We are delving for the basic difference between liberals and conservatives in general.

I am often confused about why so many of my 3d-friends support the Republican party because I can only see that party's focus on money. I do not consider these friends to be overly wealthy but they are not apparently hurting. I am hoping to learn something here about what the appeal is to those conservatives who are not wealthy but are getting by.

(My definition of wealthy comes from my father. He says he would consider himself wealthy if he could walk into a Rolls Royce dealership, pick one out and tell the salesman to "...cut the back off and throw some planks on it I need a pickup this afternoon.)

I have one conservative friend who works her butt off because she is constantly afraid of going broke. She is convinced she is steps away from the poor house. In the meantime she has to deal with weighty decisions like which Mercedes to drive to work and how many pounds of jewelry to wear.

Another friend listens to Saint Rush Limbaugh and believes every word. Yet another is still mad at Clinton (I don't blame him, I am too.) but believes in Bush. I can't figure it out. They both have lied and cheated. One harmed a few people, mostly foolish women who trusted him, and the other is busily wiping his ass with the Constitution and waving it in our faces.