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I only gained interest in politics for a brief, shining moment of hope. I registered with a party for the first time in my 44 years to take part in the primaries and be part of the political process. I've always voted; never supported any party, and always voted holding my nose, because I just can't tolerate the spin, the rhetoric, the strategies, all of the things that make it dirty. I like to be clean, clear, honest, straightforward, and blunt. I spent my time. I found a politician I felt comfortable supporting and campaigning for, as well as voting for. He wasn't nominated; I sent money to Kerry, shut up, and voted for him, because as far as I was concerned, the whole thing went downhill beginning with the convention. I was passionate about wanting bush gone, but my tolerance for listening to the "Kerry will save us all" people, when I didn't see any light at the end of the tunnel for the issues that drive my life, was at low ebb. So I quit posting about politics at all, hoping that when the election was over, we could actually discuss issues instead of campaigns.

I'm still here on the fringes, because there are a few places to discuss issues here at DU, and I'll still work for progressive causes.

But interested in American politics? Call me when we have campaign reform that funds all candidates equally; when we have IRV and proportional representation. When our candidates are given fair and equal media treatment. When there is a party willing to take on the corporations, and remove them from the halls of power in our nation.

Call me when political parties and politicians become clean, clear, honest, straightforward, and blunt.