Thank you for clarifying my thoughts with your words. Your evolution is mine, I've been a registered Republican forever. I have never missed an election and while I didn't always follow the ticket, I voted for the person who most closely espoused my views...usually the conservative party.

Now, the game is different. I am angry, feel betrayed and let down by both parties. Greed is the common denominator for both our politicians and corporate leaders. I don't believe this country is "for the people, by the people and of the people anymore." Somewhere along the line, the corporations purchased our politicians and our country.

We have become a society run by the money mongers, Wall Street, Insurance Companies, Banks and their flunkies, our elected officials.

The Middle Class has always supported this country, but now it is being sucked dry. The disparity between the rich and the poor is no longer buffered by the majority in the middle. The backbone of this country is being broken by greed.

The format of political campaigns has changed dramatically since my first election. I remember reading about the issues and politicians used to let their opinions be known. Now I doubt that they were 100% honest in what they told us, but at least they stood for something. I don't get that feeling anymore. Today I think they are all dishonest, oversexed, racist, liars.

Strong words you say...but they are not my words, they are the words the politicians have used to describe each other. I have heard them rip each other down so many times that I now agree with their descriptions and don't believe any of them. If they sound good and seem to believe as I do, I think they are just good at rhetoric and I am being taken in by their con.

I have said for a long time how dumb politicians were to conduct their campaigns in such a negative manner....that the mud slinging was turning the public off and we would think they were all bad. Well, most of us did loose confidence in them and in record numbers we stopped voting because there was no one to vote for and nowhere to get an unbiased look at the issues.

But I was wrong, the politicians were not dumb to conduct their campaigns as they did. They got exactly what they and their corporate masters wanted...our apathy. Our apathy allows them to do as they please and drain us dry without whimper of protest.