Mr Reel truth...you are the normal "mainstream" press informed taxpayer...that is made to believe that all prosperity comes from Bill Clinton...I think he invented microsoft and the internet didnt he?...or so they would have you believe..The prosperity you are experiencing now is from 12 yrs of REAGAN!!!...The economy doesnt turn around on a dime..it takes a long time for trends to happen..And of course there was huge deficit...it was called DEFENSE SPENDING...due to DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS...or Communists as they are really known...Voting for a democrat is voting against freedom....its voting against ever being able to carry a gun if you so choose..and its voting for SOCIALISM>>MORE GOV...less independence...QUIT LISTENING to NBC and inform yourself...Damn right Slade is pro industry...hell...WHO pays your damn salary!!..I may live in Cincy now but as SteelyHORN can attest there is not too manypeople that spent more time on the rivers of Washington...Every commercial fishiong org...supports the demos in all elections...as well as the Sierra Club...PAWS...PETA>>>every rabbit hugging org int he country supports demos...the very same people that want to take away the things you LOVE to do..SO CLUE IN>>>