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In reply to the discussion: I want to wish the best of luck to Hillary and say this [View all]mwooldri
(10,801 posts)How about this? I'll increase the electorate by one in 2016 and I'll cast a legal valid vote in November 2016 for the Democratic Party candidate.
"all I did" in 2008 is throw some money Obama's way. Same thing in 2012. Before that, I didn't know I could do that so Kerry got naught from me. In 2000, I actually stated a preference that Bush should win over Al Gore, basically as I was a bit naive and applied the standard that the party of sex scandals should be voted out of office, and Bill Clinton represented "the" sex scandal. Obviously I have come to realise that GW Bush and Republicans in general can be equated to the worst parts of Thatcherism and the worst parts of Toryism in general. The present people who have leapt into the GOP Clown Car have personal philosophies that I cannot support because I think they're insane. They're not in line with the politics that I grew up with and still feel strongly about - that which was best represented by the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the UK of the 1980's - and the Ashdown, Kennedy and Campbell-led Liberal Democrats.
I'm with LynneSin in saying that I'm not on the Clinton Train at this time. But 15 years doesn't mean more intelligence? You can put a Bush through Yale and it would become more intelligent. Wise? I think you're looking for the word "wisdom" and I would argue that X years on DU has certainly increased my wisdom.
