"In 2004, I voted for Kerry, although it would be more accurate and honest to say I voted against Bush. (I am a yellow dog Democrat. I would vote for a yellow dog before I would vote for a Republican. In the last election, if I'd known a yellow dog, I would have voted for him as a write-in candidate.) Didn't matter. The bad guy won."

Wow, do I know exactly what you mean here! I felt the same way precisely. Thank you for this post. I agree with just about everything you said, especially the paragraph that starts "I hate politics."

Here because of gwynraven's post, by the way.