It's wonderful, Oldtimer and Kolanuraven, that you are both "open-minded" enough to vote for both Republicans and Democrats, depending on the quality of the people running for office.
Somehow I can see you as a lot of things....but ' open minded' could never be one of those things.
You know, I could also do that if I ever figured there was a Democrat that would be better than the Republican running against him. Unfortunately, that situation hardly ever prevails.
What about the sainted JFK?
In fact, back quite a few years ago, I did vote for a Democrat on the local level, because he was the best man for the job. Guess what, that man has now turned Republican, because he realized that basically Republicans stand for more of what he believes.
No I'd say he did that so he could get elected by ALL the non-thinkers in Cherry Co.
President Bush has plenty of short-comings (don't we all?). As bad as he is,
I think either Gore or Kerry would have been worse. If it were all to happen over again, my vote would still be with Bush instead of either of the others. My only regret is that the Republicans didn't pick someone else instead of him to start with. Could I do a better job than Bush? Not a chance. For starters, I wouldn't take the job of President if it were laid in my lap. Do I think either you, Oldtimer, or you, Kolanuraven, would be a better President than Bush. Not a chance, once again. :roll: :wink:
Armchair quarterbacks are a dime a dozen, and they usually do not carry much clout.
I hope you are applying this rule to yourself as well because you just contradicted this in the above paragraph.