TexasChief already said most of what I would have replied, but I will respond anyway.
I agree with the Republican party platform, for the most part, but they don't always stick to that platform. This is the greatest form of government in the world, but one of it's drawbacks is that "you have to give to get." The compromises water down Republican objectives and force them to spend money on things they probably shouldn't for the "greater good."
I thought Bush did a very good job, overall, although I didn't agree with everything he did. He made the right decision, based on information he had at the time to go into Iraq .
I'm not clear on the first part of what you said, but going into Iraq was absolutely the right decision. We had credible evidence that he had WMDs. He even used them for genocide against the Kurds in Northern Iraq. They could have easily buried them or moved them out of the country (probably into Syria). The fact that we haven't found any WMDs (yet) doesn't mean they aren't there now or weren't there at one time.
I have never said that Obama will steal the election and I don't hink he will. Bush didn't steal the last election. The democrats tried to steal it but failed. After the ballots were hand counted, overseen by the courts, an accurate count declared Bush the winner. I don't like the "Electoral College" voting process. It favors democrats because the largest states (except for Texas) are barely liberal and the Democrat candidate gets all of the votes from those states. But that is the system we have to live with until they change it to a popular (majority) vote.
I agree. Violence is bad. But living in a socialist country without many of the freedoms our forefathers fought and died for is worse. Was the American Revolution bad because it was "violent?" Would you rather that we were still a part of the British Empire so we didn't have to deal with the violence? If so, then you represent nothing of what this country was founded on. you are the kind of person that totalitarian dictators love.
Agreed.
What a depressing pessimistic thing to say! I guess we should just give up then. I think I'll kill myself now!
Wait. The generous government allows you to write off the interest on your taxes to encourage you to own a home and you are mad because you can't write off as much because you aren't paying as much interest? Why should the government allow you to write off any interest payments? Are you going to pay over 100,000 dollars more in taxes with the refinancing? If not then you should be happy you can make the higher monthly payments and save all that money.
I pay $300/month rent to a friend and I'm way behind on that. It doesn't change my republican views. Yep.