I've been a registered Independent since I turned 18 in 1973. SabanFan, on the other hand, is a flip-flopper. :grin:
You should read more. She's an egomaniac with a sense for making money in the entertainment business. Read some Sayyid Qutb. Pretty sure he's available on wiki...:rolleye33:
Red ,i am going to try and guess who you voted for for president since 1976.I will probably get most wrong,but this ought to be fun. 76=Carter 80 = Anderson 84= Reagan 88= Bush 92=Perot 96=Clinton 00= Gore 04 =Kerry
Lol,Mastermind...I could have put my reasons why i thought Red would pick each one,but lets see if i am even close first.
Not too shabby. FYI - Red's voting record: 1976 - Jimmy Carter (D) - I never forgave Gerald Ford for pardoning Nixon. Also Carter was a southerner, a naval academy graduate, an intellectual and a Washington outsider. I came to believe that he was too vacillating in foreign policy and he handled the Iran hostage situation badly. 1980 - John Anderson (I) - The only nationally viable, moderate third-party in a national race. I couldn't re-elect Carter and to me, Reagan was just a ultra-right, not too bright, actor from California. However the winner, Reagan, proved to be capable, presided as a moderate, and his handling of the Soviets was masterful. 1984 - Ronald Reagan (R) - Deserved re-election to win the Cold War. I remain critical of his trickle-down economy which never worked as advertised. I was critical of his Lebanon pullout after getting 250 marines killed, but in hindsight, getting out and not getting bogged down in a middle eastern guerilla war was the right move. I definitely did a 180 on Reagan. 1988 - George Bush I (R) - A moderate version of Reagan, I thought. The Dems surely didn't offer much of a candidate in Dukakis. Bush's handling of the Gulf War was excellent. However he neglected the economy sadly and coasted into 1992 on his war record only. I was critical at the time of his pullout of Iraq in 1991, leaving the job "half-finished". Again, in hindsight, he was prudent in not attempting to occupy a country where everybody hates us and is trying to kill us. 1992 - Bill Clinton (D) - After 12 years of Reaganomics, I thought we needed a change. Again a young southern governor seemed better suited to my interests. Dole was too old and too stodgy and had been in DC WAY too long. Perot was an independent, but not a moderate and stood to the right of the republicans. Not to mention he was a kook. 1996 - Bill Clinton (D) - We were in the midst of unprecedented economic growth. I got big raises. My investments did great. He reduced the federal work force, improved international trade, posted surpluses, paid down the debt. He won a war with Yugoslavia over Kosovo without a single US casualty. Deserved re-election and got it. 2000 - George Bush II (R) - Surprise! I was a McCain man but he stalled in the primaries. Neither Bush or Gore seemed made of presidential timber and I thought we needed a change after Clinton's scandal. I thought Al Gore was a pussy and I thought GWB would be more like his father, basically harmless. I was wrong. I'll never vote for the dumber of two candidates again. 2004 - John Kerry (D), because he was not George Bush. I'd been a General Wesley Clark supporter, but he never made it out of the primaries. 2008 - Still looking for a moderate, centrist ticket to support. I'm not holding my breath.
I turned 18 in 1998, so I have only voted in 2 Elections. 2000-Gore-I thought he was a moderate democrat with experience. 2004-Kerry-Didnt like him, but it beats voting for an idiot and then having to explain why I voted for an idiot. I just missed 8 years of that conversation.
Red,i actually thoughtyou would go with Bush following Reagan and Gore following Clinton has continuations of pretty good economic presidencies.Perot was a pretty strong third party candidate,and Bush I was not reelectable,but i didn't know if you would give Clinton a shot yet
