..I've had enough of both lying Republicans and Democrats although I have to admit that the Democrats are significantly worse!
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It is a sad day for America, but that is what it has really gotten down to...very much the lesser of two evils. I am fed up with the Repubs for MANY reasons, but there is NO WAY I will put a socialist/Marxist in the White House and turn the defense and economy of this country over to the liberals.
That would be the end.
I've had the same thought for years now. This is triage in an attempt to slow the hemorrhaging of our rights.
Exactly.
I'm not too happy about the Republicans right now--among other things, many of them cannot govern responsibly at all.
It just seems like the collective spines of much of the Republican leadership has went missing--IMHO, it almost seems like the Republican Party proper has split into a more independent conservative faction and a faction that seems to remain absolutely faithful to President Bush, Chairman Mehlman, and the RNC.
And it appears that with it, the Republican Party of Goldwater, and later Reagan has lost its strong, united, moderately-but-distinctly conservative identity amidst this division--a farther to the right independent conservative movement and an increasingly centrist faction loyal to the RNC.
Almost like the yin and yang being pulled apart...
The sharp contrast within our party is one of the key things that's keeping many (myself included) people as indie conservatives and not necessarily Republicans. It's these points that seem to obstruct reunification and thus emerge as a strong, united front.
This isn't to say that American conservatism demands a lockstep identity (as does Liberalism). Far from it. Conservatism by nature is an amalgam of many different opinions--nay, a veritable spectrum ranging from American Reactionary to right-wing libertarianism to social conservatism to fiscal conservatism to religious conservatism to classic liberalism (e.g Locke, Smith, Jefferson).
All of us are bound by many principles--the biggest IMHO is the idea that man is a good being in himself and is capable of self-determination.
In this day and age, it is just that we need to work together if we are ever going to permanently stop the nation's destruction at the hand of the Libs. The mere thought of putting Dims in office is morbidly treasonous in its own right and for the sake of all who love this country, must be stopped dead in its tracks.
America doesn't deserve the G-d-awful vitriol Pelosi, Kerry, Obama, etc. ad nauseam seek to unleash on this country. And imagining the country under the Dims is just too painful to think about.
OTOH, it is interesting to study this in school...8^)