[FreeReign]

Talk about low self-esteem. You think the GOP needs both houses and the presidency in order to make strides? Hell, the democrats have been making strides year after year, whether they owned a majority or not. They could only do that because the GOP and the DNC march in lockstep on principle. It is only in means and speed of implementation where they differ.

The first principle of any party apparatus is to perpetuate itself. It is up to the electorate to move a party in a particular direction and it is up to the individual to organize and to sway the party and the electorate.

It makes no sense for a freedom thinker to leave a party -- the R party -- where most Freedom thinking people are concentrated. That would only cause a dilution of the Freedom thinkers as they tranverse party lines.

The problem is not the party -- the problem is the electorate and the solution lies with the indiviudal to change the R party and the electorate using the powers of the already entrenched Freedom thinking people in the R party.

[Jolly Rodgers]

The first principle of any party apparatus is to perpetuate itself. It is up to the electorate to move a party in a particular direction and it is up to the individual to organize and to sway the party and the electorate.

If that is the first principle of the party apparatus, then the party apparatus should never be supported. A properly functioning party would be a means of consolidating people of homogeneous principles and pooling resources so that they can be more effective at electing people who will uphold the stated principles during the governing process. It is my responsibility as an individual to seek out the party that advocates the principles I hold dear. And, if none can be found, then I should refrain from supporting any of them. Perhaps working to build a new party if there is sufficient consensus among others in the population.

It makes no sense for a freedom thinker to leave a party -- the R party -- where most Freedom thinking people are concentrated. That would only cause a dilution of the Freedom thinkers as they tranverse party lines.

It makes no sense for a freedom lover to continue supporting the Republican party, which is anethema to the principles of liberty. The last 12 months of Republican national leadership make it extremely clear that they are entirely hostile to the principles of liberty and individual rights. They don't even stand in support of such traditional issues as pro-life, limited government or state sovereignty.

The problem is not the party -- the problem is the electorate and the solution lies with the indiviudal to change the R party and the electorate using the powers of the already entrenched Freedom thinking people in the R party.

Bush made it clear during the election that he didn't need, nor want, the support or advice of conservatives. He's got his own agenda and it is in direct contradiction to the the values I hold dear. That is why I will not support him.