Equus or Pachyderm?

Weeeeelllllll ...

That's not particulary tough to answer.

BUT...

I'm really not either. I am a conservative - and in many ways that's NOT a Republican. I do vote Republican for the most part, since most of the time the Republican agenda is closer than the Democrat agenda to my thinking. Which is not to say that I'm particularly proud of many of the things that "my"party has done on this go-round. Mostly at a local level - many of the Republican stalwarts are slimy politicians. They seem to buy and sell favors, and make alliances far too often. I understand that some of that is necessary - a political evil if you will. But in this particular case they have attempted to tarnish the reputation of another Republican simply because she refused to side with them on something that was pretty dang shady. In other words, she stood up for her principles and was ostracized for her stand.

Personally, I'm proud of her for doing what she thought was right, and standing up to be counted. I must say that I also gained just a tiny bit (not much, mind you) of respect for John Kerry when he conceded rather than dragging out a foregone conclusion until now or later.

My wife's a Democrat. But she's a "thinking Democrat" .. in other words, she doesn't vote knee-jerk Democrat, marking the little box next to the "D" no matter who it is.

Wotinell's the point of a secret ballot if everyone's gonna vote the party ticket anyhow!

Equus or Pachyderm - why can't we all just get along?