Reply #26: and that reminds me of another thing [View All]

--and that is that so many in MY generation (coming of age in
the Sixties) have sold out their original ideals. Who would
have thought that so many of us idealistic "age of
Aquarius" types would have just forgotten all of it, put
on our suits, joined the corporate world and started voting
Republican?
  I know how it happens--you have kids, and kids take money to
raise--but so many have forgotten about the concept of
community--that a government should be there as a safety net
for the "have-nots" who just can't make it, for one
reason or other. That we are all, really, one family. These
people just tell themselves, "I've got mine--screw
you" and vote for the candidate who promises the most tax
cuts.

One thing I love about JK is that his ideals are still very
much intact, even after all those years in Washington.