"i HAVE BEEN A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN FOR 56 YEARS, BUT HAVE BECOME TOTALLY FED UP AT THE OUTRAGEOUS PORK BARREL SPENDING BY CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS. I AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED AT THE APPARENT LACK OF BACKBONE BY OUR PRESIDENT TO VETO A BILL, ANY BILL, FOR ANY AMOUNT, THAT MIGHT REFLECT POLITICAL COURAGE ON HIS PART. I THEREFORE CHANGE MY PARTY AFFILIATION TO INDEPENDENT, HOPEFUL THAT i CAN FIND SOME CANDIDATE, WHATEVER THEIR PARTY, WHO BELIEVES IN FISCAL DISCIPLINE IN SPENDING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY."

"I'm disgusted too. I'm starting to think that the only way to get their attention that we don't like the status quo is to vote them out this round. Really how much more damage could the other guys do at this point.

In New York the party forced out Bill Weld w/over a 50% approval rating for some candidate w/a 3% approval rating. Guess despite NY being #1 in the country in lost population my dear old party leaders wanted to ensure their pork barrel spending could continue. Now I have to vote Democrat for Governor. I'm tempted to call in the press on election day, write Registered Republican in bold sharpie on my voter ballot, and vote straight Dem's. I'd invite them to put it in the paper as a message. I couldn't be more disgusted.

If anyone believes this administration has done us so well, they really need to start paying attention to what is going on with world markets, and read some foreign commentary on the state of the American dollar. (Going deeper into debtor nation status for the Iraqi invasion helped get us here! btw, for 2000 I wanted McCain....if only....)"