The Republican party was once okay. When men like Gerald Ford were in power, it was a legitimate party.
Today, the GOP isn't really a party. It's more of a string of ideologies backed by fundamentalists.
The word "conservative" used to mean someone who stood for limited government. A true conservative would not support Bush's expansions of power (The war, wiretapping, etc.). The old Republican party wanted to keep the government out of people's lives.
So now I ask, "Where have all the conservatives gone?"
Then, on The Colbert Report, I saw the last true conservative.
Ron Paul, a republican representative from Texas, is running for president. He calls himself a constitutionalist, or someone who is in favor of following the constitution.
There's something we haven't seen in a while. A president who follows the constitution? The same constitution that our entire government is based on? What a crazy idea.
Ron Paul voted against the Patriot Act and the War, two unconstitutional things. However, he is against gun control and taxes, common Republican beliefs. Paul believes that the government should stay out of people's lives.
Today, the GOP isn't really a party. It's more of a string of ideologies backed by fundamentalists.
The word "conservative" used to mean someone who stood for limited government. A true conservative would not support Bush's expansions of power (The war, wiretapping, etc.). The old Republican party wanted to keep the government out of people's lives.
So now I ask, "Where have all the conservatives gone?"
Then, on The Colbert Report, I saw the last true conservative.
Ron Paul, a republican representative from Texas, is running for president. He calls himself a constitutionalist, or someone who is in favor of following the constitution.
There's something we haven't seen in a while. A president who follows the constitution? The same constitution that our entire government is based on? What a crazy idea.
Ron Paul voted against the Patriot Act and the War, two unconstitutional things. However, he is against gun control and taxes, common Republican beliefs. Paul believes that the government should stay out of people's lives.
I don't agree with all of Paul's policies, but I would pick him over Bush and the other GOP lunatics of the any day.
Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter and advisor to Ronald Regan believes that President Bush is leading the GOP to a crash worse than Watergate.
If the Republicans want to avoid this crash, they need break away from Bush and lift the blanket of fundamentalism surrounding the party. People like Paul need to become the Republican norm, not the exception.
I do not pray for the Republican party to crash. I simply hope that the ideologies and fundamentalism will die in favor of reason and constitutionalism.
Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter and advisor to Ronald Regan believes that President Bush is leading the GOP to a crash worse than Watergate.
If the Republicans want to avoid this crash, they need break away from Bush and lift the blanket of fundamentalism surrounding the party. People like Paul need to become the Republican norm, not the exception.
I do not pray for the Republican party to crash. I simply hope that the ideologies and fundamentalism will die in favor of reason and constitutionalism.