The Republican Party is losing focus
I am concerned as a Republican. What is going on with my party? I am starting to lean more and more towards libertarian just because they seem to be the only party that is fiscally responsible. They seem to be the only party that wants to shrink government. I am sick and tired of the Republicans trying to appease the left. WE HAVE A MAJORITY! We can dictate what the government does. What concerns me is that what is going on now is really what the republicans want to do. It is against everything that the republican party has promised in the past. I am starting to see the Republican Party as Dems with morals. That is not acceptable. I see this as an pivotal period in American history. I see two scenarios:
1) The Republicans nominate a fiscally conservative president.
2) They keep on doing what they're doing and lose the election in 2008. This could open the door for the libertarian party. If they make their platform a less radical... they could have a shot against another Bush conservative. If nothing else, We could see a Ross Perot effect from a third party.
The Republican base is getting sick and tired of fake Republicans. If they don't shape up... this will greatly effect them in the upcoming election.
Comments
Posted by: Verbose Output
Posted on: April 12, 2006 09:20 PM
You do realize that there's more to the Republican Party than fiscal policy?
Posted by: Chad
Posted on: April 13, 2006 07:39 AM
Yes. However, fiscal policy AND smaller government is a major part of the republican party. I am not alone in my discontent.
Posted by: Verbose Output
Posted on: April 13, 2006 09:10 AM
Except that the Republican Party has not been the party of small government for the past 25 years or so, to say the least. Bush's attempt to overhaul (read: elimate) Social Security is the first real attempt (however lousy) to reduce the size of the government. Expanding Medicare, anyone?