[roses of sharon]

At your age I felt the same way, idealistic.

Which is why men like Bush 41 and Dole lost, and a man like Clinton won.

Get back with me in about 20 yrs.

[Conservative til I die]

This is a joke, right? You think Dole was idealistic? Maybe I misread your post, but as much as I like Dole, the word idealism and him did not meet, at least in the 1990s.