[Aliska]

Hi, honey. Hope you don't screw up and get yourself banned lol. AP and NW, allow me to introduce you to my daughter. I told you all I was saving this thread for my children and grandchildren.

What was the number of the post you were responding to?

BTW, she is on her own here, and so am I. We generally don't agree on much of anything, even the weather lol.

Anyway, this is one now middle-aged poster who had EVERY reason to vote dem. Unprompted by her mother, she got Kerry's number in the Iowa caucuses and voted Bush.

These are the voters Republicans are going to lose and would gain more of if they would put some compassion where their mouth is and take the plight of the American workers to heart instead of letting corporate contributions and lobbies run their agenda.

[Nowhere Man]

Anyway, this is one now middle-aged poster who had EVERY reason to vote dem. Unprompted by her mother, she got Kerry's number in the Iowa caucuses and voted Bush.

These are the voters Republicans are going to lose and would gain more of if they would put some compassion where their mouth is and take the plight of the American workers to heart instead of letting corporate contributions and lobbies run their agenda.

That's it in a nutshell. The Reagan Democrats are made up of generally blue-collar and lower income people who are appalled at the liberal social agenda. They don't want things like homosexual marriage, abortion, and so on to wither expand or exist at all. I know for me, that is generally the case. If they keep up with that attitude, many voters will toss caution to the wind and vote for a change. We got that with Bill Clinton. Thank God we were able to somewhat contain him but it was a long, hard fight and I do think we did lose some ground there, witness the liberal judges and so on. We cannot have another Bill Clinton and God forbid, a Hillary. If she gets in, we are toast.

The Republican's saving grace in 2004 was values and the controversy over homosexual marriage along with barking moonbats like Howie Dean who is a gift that keeps on giving. I think the best case is to shut up about Howie and just let him bark, he might be the Republican's salvation in 2008 as these issues on values, jobs and immigration keep piling up like stacks of cordwood.

The Republicans need to change their tune and show some compassion for the average worker, otherwise, "nature abhores a vacuum" and someone, something will come and fill that void.