Sandy
#1 I have to ask what your age has to do with anything, wisdom is determined by indexing your ability to learn with your life experience, biological age is a ridiculous attempt to gain wisdom by appointment. As well as generally on called on by those that know they lack another requirement. Besides, I am older than you think I am.

#2 As far as the right being taken over by the religious right, what do you expect. The left has grabbed up all the support of all but the most intelligent of us non-christians so where did you expect them to turn for support? Duh...

#3 As far as Bush, open your eyes, he is very good at saying he is for something and then simply failing to attain it. Something he has learned, no doubt, from the democrats. You do not have to deliver you only have to promise in a believable fashion. So be very glad you have a slightly jaded mostly christian at the helm than the died in the wool fanatic he allows you to believe he is, because one could easily get elected right now. Everytime he seems to be supporting something I completely loath, he somehow manages to fail to get it through. But I have seen this man operate, so I find it unlikely that he does not know what is going to make it and what will not. The man has good political instincts.

#4 You cannot judge a true politician by what he says he will do, you judge them by what they actually do.

While I wish we had someone in office that was pushing my agenda, we would be much worse off with the other agenda's we were offered last election.