This comment may seem disjointed at first but stick with it and it may or may not make sense in the end.
First I am proud to say that I love the "ideals" of the Republican party. Unfortunately those ideals are now only espoused by Individualists. The Republican party has, on the whole, turned into something else. Here's my argument for this: Republicans are supposed to be small gov't, Lassie Faire, Separation of church and state folks. The Republican party has of late not been voting/passing bills that are in line with what the “ideal” party would even look at. Instead many Republicans in power are incorporating Christian values into laws and making the gov't bigger. For examples look at the Patriot act and the Medicare Bill, both sponsored and pushed by Republicans.
Idea two: I lived in Colorado Springs for a few years and now I live in Virginia, now these are both bastions of Republicanism but they are different as night and day. Colorado Springs was the headquarters for ‘Focus on the Family’ a national right wing Christian coalition. They dominated the political landscape of the area. Virginia is still "religiously conservative" but far far more open. There are Wiccan shops in Richmond, movies of… ‘dubious moral character’ at the video store etc. So It is apparent that not all republicans hold the same ideas. That’s great, not surprising though. The question is, why is the republican power house not republican? It is as Mikecap said, being hijacked by the Moral right.
This angers me, I don’t want to vote democratic because I don’t agree with a lot of their principles but I also cannot vote republican now for the same reason. I need a powerful Individualist party to vote for.
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First I am proud to say that I love the "ideals" of the Republican party. Unfortunately those ideals are now only espoused by Individualists. The Republican party has, on the whole, turned into something else. Here's my argument for this: Republicans are supposed to be small gov't, Lassie Faire, Separation of church and state folks. The Republican party has of late not been voting/passing bills that are in line with what the “ideal” party would even look at. Instead many Republicans in power are incorporating Christian values into laws and making the gov't bigger. For examples look at the Patriot act and the Medicare Bill, both sponsored and pushed by Republicans.
Idea two: I lived in Colorado Springs for a few years and now I live in Virginia, now these are both bastions of Republicanism but they are different as night and day. Colorado Springs was the headquarters for ‘Focus on the Family’ a national right wing Christian coalition. They dominated the political landscape of the area. Virginia is still "religiously conservative" but far far more open. There are Wiccan shops in Richmond, movies of… ‘dubious moral character’ at the video store etc. So It is apparent that not all republicans hold the same ideas. That’s great, not surprising though. The question is, why is the republican power house not republican? It is as Mikecap said, being hijacked by the Moral right.
This angers me, I don’t want to vote democratic because I don’t agree with a lot of their principles but I also cannot vote republican now for the same reason. I need a powerful Individualist party to vote for.