Anyone here left the GOP, as a result of policies of last few years?

Question

I know this question will attrack the usual fanatics who will probably call me names or whatever for asking this question. But here is what I am really after. Is it possible that in the past you called yourself a conservative, but actually are a good moral person of high character, and that as a result of say the past 6 years, you have really learned the true nature of what the republican party represents and that you have pledged to not vote republican anymore?

Are any of you democrats who were blasting the republicans the last few years now disappointed that the democrats who have been elected to stop the american involvement in Iraq have shown little backbone to do so? Are you disappointed at how little the democratic majority has fought for you so far?

Answer 1

Actually I left about 5-6 years ago, This was due to the war in Iraq and the administrations inability to admit when it was wrong. The democratic congress being a rubber stamp for Bush has also turned me away, I think I am going to start calling myself an independent, but I will stay registered as a democrat, so I can vote in primaries. I really consider the democrats the lesser of two evils and don't think either choice is good, just one is better then the other.

Answer 2

I'm a registered Republican, and have tended to vote Republican, though not exclusively, for the last 20 years. Over the last sixteen years it has become more and more evident that there really isn't any difference between the political parties of any real substance. Republicans complain about Democtrats spending, but when they become the majority party discretionary spending increases at a rate higher than under any recent president. You have Young from Alaska trying to build a bridge in Alaska for $225 million. They both dive into the pork barrel using earmarks, make promises to reform the process and then don't make any real changes. The only difference is that Democrats will increase both spending and taxes while Republicans will increase spending and decrease taxes.

Neither side wants to do anything on ethics, immigration, deficit management or homeland security. They only thing they are interested in is getting re-elected and the perks that come with it. Both sides have their scandals, both sides complain and neither side really does anything to make a change.

Heck, with all of the mudslinging and digging into personal lives to destroy someone's reputation for the other sides political gain, who in their right ming would want to run for office. Look at the current crop of presidential candidates on both sides. Is that really the best and brightest that we can put together as potential leaders for this country?

As I said before, I have always voted primarily for Republicans but now it's more of a vote against the incumbant. If you're in office and a Republican I'll vote Democratic or third party. The same goes for a Democrat. I figure that if we vote them out oftne enough they might not get too addicted to power and eventually remember why they are supposed to be there.

Answer 3

If the time is not right for a Liberty party to emerge, then the time may never come.

I do not recall a point in time when both parties have failed the principles of liberty and when so many Americans have become disenchanted with the parties as a result.

Yes there are good efforts now and then on behalf of Americans, but imagine an organized campaign committed to:
- free enterprise
- promising to stop making new laws except in case of emergency
- examining existing laws and carefully but steadily drawing back bureaucracy and laws that do more harm than good.
- privatizing all unnecessary and/or unconstitutional elements of the federal government
- recommitting to the constitution; getting/keeping the government out of our refrigerators, our cars, our light sockets, our pants (yes the gov has no business legislating abortion) and our wallets.

If this could come together, I expect you could hear crickets chirping at the DNC and RNC.

Answer 4

If I were to leave the GOP, where would I go? Yes, my party fibs occasionally but in my view the Democrats always lie. Name any promise they've kept recently.

You cannot consider Bush a strict conservative, he is not. In fact, all of his policies he has implemented that I disagree with have been quite liberal. I may be conservative, but that doesn't mean I fall in step and approve Bush. I know my party can do better than him, and they will surely try in 2008.

Answer 5

actually the dems addressing of the rep problems only reaffirms my ind/rep position. the dems have more than 200 "investigations" going on but have accomplished nothing. i tend to go conservative mainly because i feel it is not the gov job to be my caregiver but help out in time of public need. ie katrina, minnesota and such. not to give me food stamps,free housing and those things that the dems think are a good thing for america. i actually am a person of high morals and high character despite my political position. i feel it is the dems who bear that torch of lacking those qualities.

Answer 6

Before the Dem majority, I had decided to switch again.
After the election and up to now, I'm ready to just bitc*.

Unfortunately I'll probably be voting against someone, not for anyone.
I want to vote,"None of the Above".

Answer 7

Not me.

Answer 8

No.