Quote Originally Posted by Florence View Post
In 1972 I manned the phone lines to help re-elect Richard Nixon. Fast forward to 2000 when I sent a campaign contribution to help re-elect GWB. Between those two points, voting was pretty much just pulling the Republican lever. Then came Iraq. That was the beginning of my disenchantment with the Republican Party. I didn't leave them--they left me.
Roughly 40% of Democrats in the House and 60% in the Senate voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution. Did they leave you too?