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"but can you imagine if a Democratic junior senator from Illinois, who also happens to be black (and regularly gets called a Muslim by people who know better) ran on the tenets that he'd avoid war with Iran at all costs, fight against the Patriot Act, and end the war on drugs?" I only ask that politicians run on what they honestly believe in. I do not vote for liars. You have no idea WHAT they are going to do. Ron Paul has gone extremely far by being honest. Too bad he happens to be long in the tooth.

Besides, Mondale had some terrible ideas, like declaring a ridiculously low income level, something like $45,000 to $50,000 and above to be 'wealthy' and to be taxed accordingly. As for Obama, I have every reason to believe that if he were more straightforward, he would be doing even better. I wish I had a dime for every time he was criticized for being vague, or for not talking enough about the issues.

People from Canada come down to the USA to get healthcare, because they get sick of waiting up there. In England, costs rise, supplies shrink, so there is lots of rationing. In American hospitals, bed sheets are changed constantly. In English hospitals, bed sheets are flipped over, to save on laundry costs. In America, you can see a dentist now. In England, you have to wait weeks. In some countries with universal healthcare, they don't even let you in if you have certain medical conditions.

"I have experienced many of your arguments against socialized medicine within our free market version. After college I had no health care for about four years." -- First of all, we do not have a free market version of health care, as very clearly outlined in the article which I had shown you. We have a Keynesian health care system. Second, how are your misfortunes a rebuttal of this diagnosis? Have I not made it clear that our health care system is extremely problematic?

"Health care is obviously extremely expensive for a number of reasons, but someone who wants to take privatized, corporate greed out of the picture would certainly have my support." Not mine. If you read up on health care in America over the years, you can clearly see that it has only gotten worse as government has become more involved. Are corporations part of the problem? Yes, but not in the way you think they are. Their contribution to the problem consists of gaining many protectionist favors.

"The US just isn't that liberal, even if a large % of conservative voters would greatly benefit from typically leftist policies." You have the typical one dimensional view of politics. You, like so many other people, think that all political ideas can somehow be placed at various places on a line of sorts. The real world is more complex than that. I suggest you look up the 'Nolan Chart'. Another good one is the 'Political Compass'. They are far superior than that silly one dimensional line.