Nu2salt,

I have not read every post in this thread, too boring and time consuming, but just a couple of comments.

Most, if not all of the problems the Bush administration and the current Congress have had to face are inheritated issues from previous administrations and I see the criticisms as simply not agreeing with what Bush and Congress is doing, at least they are doing something which is more than you can say about the ineffectiveness of their predecessors.

National Guard duty for Bush? You didn't need connections to get Guard duty during Nam, I did it myself, joined a local unit in my senior year in college, the US government gave me a choice, I took the NG route and exposed myself for a 6 year obligation rather than a 2 year stint in the regular military, thousands of other patriots did the same thing.

Kerry has absolutley no connection with middle class America, which the Democratic party is supposed to represent. I have yet to hear any true plans of his to resolve any issues on our current problems. The presidency for him is just another trinket that the Heinz family can buy with all their money, his picture will look nice on the wall with all of the other art masterpieces thay have collected.