[Hornet19]

That vote was the straw that broke my camel's back. The republican party will continue to flounder and move to the left under Martinez.

When i practiced law in florida i had occasion to appear on the other side of issues when Martinez was with Orange County. The man is NO conservative.

Sadly, i no longer refer to myself as a republican.

[bill1952]

>i had occasion to appear on the other side of issues when Martinez was with Orange County. The man is NO conservative.

Hear, hear. I felt the exact same way after I met him.

I just have little faith that the GOP can reform itself, and everyone talking about "single issue voters," blah, blah, blah, irritate me to no end.

Life is made up of an unending string of such single issues, and like raindrops, they add up.
In this case, to the last move. - Checkmate.

[warsaw44]

same here buddy. I registered for the Republican party when I was 18 years old and I credit Ronald Reagan for that. That was many years ago and I have always called myself a Republican until about last December.
I was home at a Christmas party and one of my in-laws mentioned I was a Republican to another one of these so called relatives.
I corrected her by saying " Republican....no, I'm a Conservative. " It was the first time I had called myself such rather than declaring my party registration. There was a time when simply saying you were a Republican meant you were a Conservative but those days are now well over.