A reasonable justification exists for quitting the establishment parties and joining a party based on basic principles.
A Republican Senator from the Oregon became known as Mr. Death because of his pro-abortion stand. Fourteen out of the 43 Republican U.S. senators voted to use taxes to promote abortion. This vote took place on July 16, 1991. Twenty out of the 43 Republican U.S. Senators voted in favor of using fetal tissue from abortions for medical research. This vote took place on March 31, 1992.
All but three Republican U.S. Senators voted to confirm the radically pro-abortion Judge Ginsburg to the Supreme Court of the United States in August, 1993. All of the Republican U.S. Senators voted to confirm Judge David Souter.The Republican party is "a house divided against itself."
Haley Barbour in an interview with Pat Robertson's Christian American magazine, he admitted he was pro-life, with a big old "BUT, as chairman of the Party I also recognize that there are millions of pro-choice Republicans who are just as good a Republican as I am."
The Republicans are fundamentally socialists today. They propose budgets and approve budgets that fund welfare programs, entitlement programs, pro-abortion programs, homosexual awareness programs, cultural programs, agricultural programs, industrial programs, one-world-government programs, international bribery programs, and programs that make decent people shudder. There is little difference between the Republicans, the national socialists, or the international socialists. Some Republicans favor international socialism by supporting NATO and the United Nations. Some Republicans favor national socialism, focussing more on "domestic" programs.
No Republican Senator is working to abolish the property tax which is specified in the first plank of the Communist Manifesto.
No Republican Senator is working for the abolishment of the central bank. The central bank is the fifth plank of the Communist Manifesto.
No Republican Senator is working for the abolishment of government education, government media, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Public education is required by the tenth plank of the Communist Manifesto.
It appears as though the Republican party has simply amalgamated into the principles of government that socialist parties have held for a hundred years, only biting off smaller chunks of their policies. Both parties contribute to the same system, only one is a little more half-hearted about it and we are left on election day voting for the lesser of two evils.
We expend energy rushing to catch a plane that is sure to crash, and support politicians that are sure to compromise. The end result is a total loss for the cause of freedom and righteousness.
Let the Democrats and Republicans debate on whether governments should spend 47.3% or 49.6% of the Gross National Income. We should stand for an age-old Biblical principle which says governments may spend no more than 10% of the people's income (I Samuel 8:15-18).
Democrats and Republicans quibble on whether children should be taught homosexual or heterosexual acts in the 4th grade or the 7th grade. But we should stand for the age-old Biblical principles. Education must be controlled, funded, and mandated by parents. Get government out of the education business!
I have never in my life voted for a Democrat for anything, but it would be wonderful for you, me, my family and friends to have choices that better reflect our ideals and our ideas of where this country should be headed.
All I can say, is put all that stuff in your third party plank. You'll feel better but I can say without too much risk of being wrong that you'll be hard pressed to get anyone elected on that platform. Sorry but those "principles" just ain't mainstream. Now if your intent is to push the general public in that direction so those "principles" become mainstream, fine. You still need to get at least one individual elected that adheres to your plank. However, if your intent is to push one of the existing political parties in the direction of your "principles", well good luck to you but I don't think a third party suits that purpose either. Sorry that's the problem with a "big tent" party...you have to learn to get along and work with people who don't exactly have the exact same "principles" as you do. If you don't want to do that...well start your little tent party. It's not like that hasn't been done before too.