SayUncle vs. South Knox Bubba
No, not jello wrestling or anything bizarro like that. Political affiliation. It defines some folks and divides others. It is interesting how many folks adhere strictly to a party line. I try to avoid that, personally. However, I do occasionally catch myself backing the Republican Party line. I am not a registered Republican. I do tend to vote Republican. I’d vote Libertarian if I thought they stood a snowball’s chance in Hell. Now, Mr. Bubba is a Democrat. Where’s the divide? Mr. Bubba and myself agree on a myriad of issues. Such as:
SKB and I agree on the Second Amendment.
SKB and I agree on voting for Bredesen. SKB likely because Bredesen is a Democrat and me because I think Hilleary is a wanker.
SKB and I agree on the fact that TennCare is a dying dinosaur needing reform.
It seems SKB and I agree on this whole Iraq thing.
SKB and I agree that SUVs will not be the death of us all.
SKB and I agree on the whole Tennessee tax SNAFU. Despite the rhetoric and the fact no income tax was passed, Tennesseans still got the highest tax increase in their history (AKA: a good fucking).
And there are many more.
What do we disagree on?
SKB and I share differing views on the Florida recount nightmare. Seems SKB thinks the evil shenanigans of the Republicans cost the nation a valid election. I think that both sides were up to shenanigans and the Republicans just played dirtier pool during the whole thing. Since then, evidence came to light stating that Dubya would have won anyway.
SKB thinks Ashcroft is the devil. I don’t.
I think Janet Reno is the devil. SKB doesn’t (or at least he sent her some contribution cash).
So far, it seems to me that these are the only issues I can find (and SKB can correct me later) that we inherently disagree on. Yet, I tend to vote Republican and he votes Democrat. What gives? It baffles me. See, the issues we fundamentally disagree on are largely party related. I think myself and Bubba are reasonably intelligent persons and we both have no problem telling the world what we think. But amazingly we draw different conclusions about who best supports the issues we agree on.
I have no idea what the hell my point is currently. But it seems to be the fact that two people who largely agree on issues disagree on which party handles these issues better. And I can’t quite put my finger on why that is. Any ideas?
Note: There are several bloggers I could have chosen but I know SKB is a good sport. Note, I got tired of searching for all the links on his page and mine, so if you’d like links to where I drew my conclusions, leave it in comments.
