RESULTS OF THE LAST 8 YEARS MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR

I fear for the future of my own country as a concerned citizen.

For the last 8 years, we watched as the Republican Party had made it their hallmark signature to demonize their opponents, vilify their critics, and simply call anyone who disagreed with their stance as being "anti-patriotic" and "un-American".

For 8 years, we watched our country's standing do a death spiral down the universal toilet of life--as we adopted many of the same standards as past dictatorships classically embraced as "torture" to the outside world; and nary blink an eye (or a moral fiber) to the unseen consequences belittling our nation as a whole.

For 8 years, we watched as our country's finances get eaten up by massive amounts of debt and tax cuts for the rich--while our infrastructure at home has rapidly deteriorated to extremes that I have only seen in third-world countries on TV, and read about in National Geographic magazines.

And now we have a Republican running for President who promises to keep the same ball rolling for the next four to eight years--without abated breath--if elected President. And to top it all off? McCain claims that he's a morally driven conservative whom seeks the glory days of Ronald Reagan. (Debts, deficits, and recessions.)

So it makes me wonder: Why are so many Republican voters that willing to vote against their best interests each and every time--when they know the end results will damage all of us one way or another?

Why?

The answers are perfectly clear: We did this to ourselves--by letting other people make the decisions for us. And as a result? Our country is worse off than it ever has been.

Schuyler Thorpe

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