Boudicca: I sure am not here to control anyone. The only thing that keeps me from throwing things at the TV is venting my frustrations on occasions. I have learned in this long life controlling anyone is not real easy or not important. I look for straight honest discussion and not emotion. Kind of like Bill O'Reilly. No Spin but facts. Glad to meet you.
Well, I give you lots of credit for actually introducing yourself, Fundraiser. So, my apologies, but the Cave has been burned plenty by a one off poster who comes, shits on our parade, and leaves without any further explanation of motive, which we naturally assume to be nefarious.
So, since you were nice enough to introduce yourself, let me apologize for maybe being a bitch, but you see, I have *talked* to thundley plenty and you just came and made a post like we were your Facebook friends when we didn't know you from Adam. I am pretty sure if anyone came here with an agenda to control any of us they would be sadly disillusioned. Sort of like we are with the lying Republicans we put in charge of our government. You see, we did control how Obama could rule by pulling purse strings. Bonehead refused to do that. Although the Senate under Turtles Mcconnell would have obstructed all kinds of new laws (and did) he couldn't control the House's refusal to fund the madness that the Obama administration. However, the asshat in charge of the House, Boehner, declined to mount any sort of challenge to the crazy dimmie crap issuing out of Obama's mouth. We are more than disillusioned at this point; we are pissed off and ready for a change.
Rubio dug himself a hole with me with his crap about collaborating with the Dim Senators re a path to citizenship for the illegal criminals in our country. I might vote for him if he's the nominee but only if he allows Trump to build that big beautiful wall. I love Cruz, as do many on this board, but my guy is Trump so hang around and we'll dance.

Seriously though, I doubt it was the conservatives boycotting the last election that put the retard Obama in office; it was rather the myriad of unenlightened morons who pollute our college campuses and their mommas' basements.
Lastly, Semper Fi, my son was honorably discharged from the Marines and is now working as an EMT, but is very proud of being a Marine because once a Marine, always a Marine. My husband served 30 years in the Army and I did a whole lot less at 5 1/2 years (thank goodness or I wouldn't have met him in Germany).
So, anyway, hope you stick around. And, glad to meet you too, although we usually do this in the Intro Forum. I don't understand this stuff about Chuck that you and Bad Dog are talking about, so maybe you already introduced yourself a long time ago.