The foot soldier R's have come to realize that the neo-con era

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has come very close to destroying the nation they say they hold so dear. I have seen many here in Nebraska condemn those who couldn't "pull themselves up by their bootstraps", while they aided in milking the Treasury dry in so many ways. I used to hear farmers complain about "welfare queens", as they headed off to the bank to cash their subsidy checks while the price of grain was at an all time high. I've heard them complain about the price of fuel, while they pay no tax on the fuel they use to fill up their 12 foot long dual cab pickups w/the V8 450 cubic inch engine from farm fuel.

I see the privates in the GOP Army hoping for aid before they lose their homes, while they complained about their tax money going to aid a single parent w/2 kids...all $325 a month in a cash payment, not enough to pay the rent/gas/elec bills. But they are screaming for relief now, although they were under the impression that neo-con policies would make them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams...what they got was unemployment, and then the GOP put the kabosh on that.

They called for Social Security reform, they don't anymore, after seeing the financial policies that have been put into place by the GOP, they are glad they might have something to fall back on.

McCain is seen as more of the same, and NE might, just might, go Blue for the first time since Lyndon Johnson, in an attempt to stop the insanity.

But far and away, the most painful thing is to watch the tears of the families and friends of soldiers being buried because of this excursion into the Middle East. If this were a war for our survival, things would be different, but all it has done is lay upon the altar of war, the sons and daughters of fine Americans from all political stripes.

If there is a bright side to any of this, it is that the neo-con GOP will be going straight into hell along w/bush and cheney. The disaster they have brought upon this nation shall be a lesson on how not to run a country. If there is a hell...I believe that satan has his minions are stoking the fires for the arrival of this cabal. And while I do not wish ill upon almost anyone, this group of miserable bastards really does deserve to roast in hell. If there is justice, they will realize the errors they have made just before they leave this earth...but they will never be able to atone for what they have done, not just to the U.S., but to the rest of the world as well.