Party means nothing to me, absolutely NOTHING...I do not follow blindly. I do not trust blindly. I wasn't voting for most of those administrations since Lincoln. As a voting member of MY generation I have an obligation to question the decisions of our elected and appointed leaders. Any time my criticism is responded to with anything but respect, I will strongly suspect the motives of that official. That is to say, we can agree to disagree. But I feel it is the height of patriotism to question and to force our officials to maintain the traditional ideals of our country. Not to allow them to take shortcuts through the Constitution. Not to stand for them to tear others down to support themselves.