Posted on 02/20/2005 4:56:11 PM PST by wcgo2
Why would you ever be a republican?
That’s the question I’m most often greeted with when I “come out” to friends as a conservative. It’s a pretty simple answer for most, “because I think it’s right” or some such thing. Pundits would have us believe that republicanism is either the cure-all for a world gone painfully awry or a belief held exclusively by greedy fat cats with summer houses on cape cod who drive BMW’s. Well, I don’t think that my beliefs are going to save the world, I’m only a 16-year-old kid, and I drive an inherited Volkswagen. So why would I ever get mixed up in something that my mother views as worse than being in a gang? It’s not because it’s cool, I’ll say that much. Republicanism is not what it should be today, however, nor are politics. One cannot make a statement without people assuming that it’s for a certain, stupid reason. For example, When I state that I am opposed to gay marriage, I’m often called a “fag-basher” and just a straight up bad guy, however, The reason I’m opposed to gay marriage licenses granted by the state Is that marriage, or matrimony, is a sacrament of the church, and just as it is not the business of the church to interfere in the proceedings of the state, neither is it the business of the state to interfere with the church. Democrats simply don’t see that seperation of church and state goes both ways. Don’t see, interesting how those two words can be used to describe most democratic foreign policy. How don’t they see that once an ultimatum such as “Bring It On” is issued by our commander in chief, we cannot back down from it because it would give all requests and demands given by the United States no merit in the eyes of foreign powers, indeed, our demands would become so worthless they would eventually be ignored, and the phrase “the united states is all talk” would be on the lips of every single Islamic Terrorist, Basque Separatist, and Northern Irish militant. And where are we when we have a military but the entire world thinks that we’re such massive wussies that we can’t use it? We’re in a situation where we have to use it, and that would result in casualties far worse than the two or three thousand we are currently suffering in Iraq. The minimum wage is another example of democratic oversight. It would be great if we could force “greedy corporations” to pay their workers more without consequence, however, such a wage hike must be made in every country otherwise the corporation will simply move overseas. It’s quite simple actually, the best possible metaphor is water trickling down a hill, the water will go where there is the least resistance. If you think of that water as businesses, the businesses will go where they are welcomed instead of greeted by people who call them “evil” and “greedy”. To say that a business is concerned only with making a profit is an immensely true statement. To say that to have that concern as a business is bad is fundamentally stupid and ignorant, if the business doesn’t make a profit, then all of the people who work at that business will be eventually out of jobs. The words “don’t see” were used a lot in this paper. I think it’s clear to see why. The reason that I’m a republican is because the democrats just “don’t see” what’s going on and what is wrong with idealism. Ideals are good to have, however it’s good to realize what’s really going on. The republicans are the party of broken dreams and dashed hopes, however, it’s the party that I choose because I dream of temporary peace, and have given up hoping for a utopia.
I like to classify myself as a Conservative who tends to vote Republican.
Good for you. You will be voting against Hillary in '08. We need all the votes we can get for that task.
I hope you enjoy it and not fall asleep reading. Thank you for picking it up, deadhead.
I hope you're right. It wouldn't make me mad.
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Real Republicans are more interested in content than style. This 16 yr. old kid has just expressed the thoughts of a 55 yr. old Republican County Chairman (me) better than I could. I say "welcome aboard!" If you want style join the Democrats because that's about all that they have anymore. If you want truth, stay with the GOP because that is what we cherish.
I am enjoying it. As I have told you before, I love your writing style :-)
paragraphs are for the weak. sorry about the spelling errors. i wrote this at 8:00 am on a sunday in an hour of extreme boredom. I'm pretty glad it came out in english instead of spanish, my second language. yeah demographics are meant to be democrats. i wish microsoft word was on my team
Come on - if he can articulate thoughts like this, he can help the rest of us stune beebers!
Agreed.
Yeah, you may be right, but efforts are underway to create a young repub dynasty to follow us.
that is why there are so many fights going on with the college academics and their liberal bias.
Also the college student bill of rights for universities.
We have a few years before the demographics begin affecting our numbers. We have time.
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I hopefully disagree. Traditional demographics points against sustained conservatism, but just beneath the surface the essence of conservatism lives. For example, most people view blacks as a solid democrat, and thus liberal, stronghold. A little education, though, and that could change. Most blacks, just as most others, work for a living and have reasonably strong family values. This includes blacks, high illegitimacy rates nothwithstanding. We are winning, and we can continue to win, not barely, but by increasing numbers. We must just get out our true message, and not the message attributed to conservatives. I remain hopeful.
Thanks, deadhead. I appreciate it.
With your sense of humor, I would have guessed you were a Libertarian.
Nice job. I have a republican daughter your age.
She says quite a few kids in her school consider themselves republicans also.
Tell them it's because you get off on being unfairly persecuted by the mainstream media and all your friends.
lol!
Define 'better' referring to your post #8 (honestly curious)
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