Originally Posted by eweissenbach

I am an independent, and neither conservative nor liberal. I have never voted a straight repub or demo ticket, and will not this year. Some of my views would be considered conservative and others liberal. Most people tend to view any opinion, or even fact, as an outrageous lie, if it disagrees with their ideology. The fact is, in my opinion, that both sides of the spectrum are equal opportunity liars and manipulators of fact. If you think the other side is the sole purveyor of untruth and deceit, you are probably out of touch with reality. I get a kick out of forums like this in their predictability - I can predict with almost 100% certainty how most posters will react to a given subject. An open and broad mind is a very rare commodity.