wow

[verbicide]

Even my parents, who have voted as fiscally-conservative Republicans their entire lives, voted Kerry/Edwards today. My dad called me to make sure I was going to vote today (he's never done that before, either). He happily said he voted a straight Democratic ticket.

*beam*

Go Mom and Dad!

Comments

[some_other_dave]

I think the key word is "fiscal". Anyone who has anything resembling the notion of financial responsibility (or at least the notion that a country should have some vague approximation thereof) must realize that spending record amounts of money while reducing your income is not a way to get out of debt.

One of the "traditional" Republican values is fiscal responsibility. Which is very ironic, seeing as how the current administration has racked up the highest debt in the history of the country, shattering the record of... Well, of the "other" Bush presidency! Which, in turn, managed to beat the record set by the previous Republican administration--that of the "sainted" Uncle Ronnie.

Umm, or maybe I just don't understand what the phrase "fiscal responsibility" means???

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

No, you're totally right.

My liberal bias is fairly obvious, and I guess I just didn't want anyone to think my parents were ever social-agenda Republicans.

They're religious, but have the wacky notion that there ought to be separation of church (mosque, whatever) and state.

This administration has utterly fucked up the economy and set a record level debt, so no fiscal-Republican with half a brain would vote Bush/Cheney.

My parents are also, however, horrified by what this administration has done across the board. Even if voting for Bush/Cheney was a fiscally-conservative choice, they wouldn't have voted Republican this year.

Does that make sense?