With the last election, I decided not to vote GOP just because it is not democrat. I made a decision that I would vote for the person who would be the best for this country, no matter what party that person was in, and whether or not he was going to win. And so I will continue to do for the future. I only have one vote, that in the grand scheme of things counts for virtually nothing, but that vote is precious to me and I am going to cast it for the best person, regardless of party. The constitution party and the libertarian party both ran candidates that would have been very good presidents, and I voted for one of them; if each and every American made the same decision, we would not be in this terrible place we are in.
I would like to add, this decision was made with great reluctance. But it is the right one I believe. I have been voting straight GOP probably before most of you have been alive. In my youth you had to be 21 to vote; I cast my first presidential ballot for Richard Nixon. So those of you who want to condemn me for this decision, may I suggest you wait until you are my age. The changes from when I was young are just horrible, and I know now the GOP will never effect any changes. They grow worse and worse, they are utterly unworthy of you.
Their radical republicanism was based on a virtuous people who would send fellow virtuous men to make good laws.
It didn't work out that way. The first state governments after independence were way too democratic. Property wasn't secure and capital fled.
By the mid-1780s, most Americans realized that wild democracy had to be restrained. The solution was the Constitution. It gave people a voice in government yet did not depend entirely on them. No, our system included the states, which were removed in 1913.
My point is that the Framing generation knew that the structure of institutions, the division of powers and not reliance on the character of individual men, was the way to secure liberty.
Amen brother. The gop is dead. Only a fool would vote for a deadman. Vote for the best candidate regardless of party and live with a peaceful conscience.