Say, about the time of the Industrial Revolution. I would vote for Reagan above this man - a man who was probably senile half the time he was in office, with a 1950's vision of the world, but an honest man with principles for all that, who had something of a sense of personal responsibility even if I didn't approve of the direction he steered in most of the time. The following came in on a mailing list I'm on. Democracy doesn't work. Men LOVE it when women can't get abortions, and straights enjoy seeing queers beaten to death.
Rich people love taking money out of the pockets of the pooer, and white people want slaves.
That's the way it is with our stupid little worthless monkey species. We were the worst possible species to achieve consciousness on the planet. Life is hell, we're living in a nightmare. Rob, over at the Book of Rob has some thoughts on the election and on advocating for Nader at a polling place. Go check it out.