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As you can probably tell, anytime one talks politics it is hard not to offend someone.

Tom
Yes that's the truth right there. And low and behold last evening I realized I was offended and bugged by something. I have never yet heard (this is amongst my friend and people I know) or read anyone ever say and use the phrase "I am voting my conscience" and referring to Bush. I have always seen and heard this phrase referring to those who are voting some third party. And darn it I caught my self "subconsciously" thinking that I wasn't voting my conscience. I realized I it when I reread my other post (and then I later edited it) in which I originally wrote,

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maybe someday I'll be voting my conscious and voting for a 3rd party too.
Then I re-read the post. AUGGGGGHHH!! why did I write that???? I was just reverberating back the many times I've heard and read that phrase "voting my conscience for the other party". I big light bulb went on --- darn it I AM voting my conscience!! And I explained that on my other post.