Bob: I had friends who were liberal democrats, too! But I shot them all and buried them in my backyard!
Kidding. However, one issue that really needs to be dealt with in this country is the absolute lack of leadership from either the Republicans or the Democrats regarding fiscal policy and restraint. Greenspan (and now Bernanke) and the FED have been running this country for 18+ years with literally no meaningful oversight from either the President or Congress.
No one on either side of the aisle in Congress or in the Executive Office wants to cowboy up and tell the American people some hard truths: We have pissed away our economic independence through truly bad monetary decisions, we are no longer a creditor nation, we are no longer a manufacturing powerhouse and we have progressively destroyed the middle class over the last thirty years.
This is the “third rail” of American politics and, with the exception of Ron Paul in the recent debates, not one candidate in either party has had the stones to step up and speak the truth.
While I count myself as a conservative Republican, their behavior has been just as unconscionable and reprehensible as the Dems.
This country truly needs an enema (economically speaking) and the average American needs to understand that sometimes not every one of your avaricious little whims is going to be met and your egocentric, narcissistic little life comes with both costs and responsibilities.
