[quote=sdgrrl]I am also a registered Independent who has leaned Democratic since religion, personal and private information have become campaign topics. I remember when Tipper Gore tried pulling some of the stuff that religious nuts do and I didn’t like it then either.

I do get tired of hearing the current talking points about what Socialist Dems are when the bailout was bipartisan and McCain is talking about the government buying up all the bad mortgages; that made me sick to my stomach when I heard it during the debate.

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Agreed about the Gores…I never did support him & her. I actually think Gore was more dangerous than Bush (whom I didn’t like from day 1).

Per the Republicans, maybe we should start paraphrasing Ron Reagan and say “we didn’t leave the Republican party, it left us!!!”

What many Republicans fail to point out when b*tching about how the bailout plan was supported by the Dems is this: yes, initially the Republicans were not on board, but they *jumped* on board when the bailout was raised from $700B to over $800B!!! I guess the bailout just wasn’t big enough for them initially!