I'm not worried about myself - I'm worried about my children and grandchildren. That's why I support candidates (mostly liberatarian, but some Republicans) that call for radical change. If they're not talking about cutting the size of government by a third or a half at least, removing whole classes of taxes, and eliminating huge swaths of bureaucracy, they their election will be pointless.
I had hope for the "Contract with America". That was apparently the last gasp of true limited government fervor among mainstream Republicans, and what did it do? Nothing of consequence. Now we have Bush, who has performed admirably in foreign policy, but is "same old, same old" on the domestic front.
Let's put things in proportion. The attacks of Sept 11 killed around 4000. That is pretty horrific. But Stalin killed over 10,000,000 and Mao killed more than that. That's the power of a totalitarian society. No matter how well we do against foreign enemies, if we get effectively enslaved by our own government, it will most likely last for many generations, and result in far more deaths than any terrorist actions every could.
I did too, Joe. But I remember when Newt lied to Rush Limbaugh two days in a row. After the first time Newt came back on Rush's show and explained why he had changed why he changed what he had said the day before. Rush believed him but then Newt did it again the next day.
Rush has said that the next Monday was the worst in his radio career. He said he almost quit in the middle of the show. He allowed all calls and was heart sick about Mr. Newt.
Then Traficant lied about the impeachment vote. Traficant said he would vote for Clinton's impeachment, then voted not guilty on all four of the articles.