RICK

I feel the same way! There are times when I do show my political bias, but I can not remember a single time in all our difference or debates where I have ever used them when it comes to talking fish or fish management issues with you. If I am wrong, then maybe someone can tell me were I have done so. Yes, when we were debating the "war issues", it seemed like almost everyone took a side. But this is not true when we debate the merits on fish or fish management issues.

To me I don't care if a person is a liberal Democrat or a right wing Republican, when I take issue with a person, it is because we differ about fish issues, not party issues. Hell half of the time I am neither a republican nor a democrat but somewhere in between the two. I guess you could say that most of the time I am an Independent!

When I debate issues about fish, I try to debate those issues by using my knowledge, experience and years of management in fish organizations dealing with both fish and fish management. People should not use "the Party issue" to prove a point one way or another. Personally, I judge people on this board by their knowledge or lack of knowledge on fish and fish management. I too would hope that others would leave the "party" issue out and use their knowledge of fish instead.

Anyway, that how I feel about politics and fish!

Cowlitzfisherman