Orgoonian
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Great thread!
I looked up some of my old posts from the past,to determine my change of heart.
I used to hang out on the Excite board political section.
10/27/04 03:37pm Reply
I kept my promise to my state elected leaders this morning,i voted againsed them.They recently stripped another right from me,and as i promised them in my letters,they lost my vote that they have enjoyed for more than 20 years.
During the past few years,i have been wondering what a conservative is nowadays.It seems that the definition has changed.I no longer see "conservatives"talking about fiscal responsibility.I no longer see "conservatives" fighting againsed government intrusion into our lives,and systematicly stripping away our rights.Instead i see "conservatives" supporting huge spending,huge governmental growth,more governmental intrusion,and stripping away my freedoms.I see conservatives advocating nation building,and conquesting to promote THIER idea of freedom across the globe.The only conservative values i see anymore is the idea that schools must be accountable for thier functions,and lower taxes.
Last year i left my beloved Republican party because of what i percieved as the new conservative movement,and the growing power of the religious right.How in the heck could a conservative ever create such an abomination as the "Patriot Act"?To me,the party has abandoned traditionalists like myself,and became the party of anger,and moral outrage.I still agreed with the GOP platform,but,that too seemed to be abandoned.Instead of balancing the issue of church,and state,conservatives seem to embrace the idea of a merger.Take a look at the faith based initiative.By allowing church into state affairs,we run the risk,and high probability of a disasterous historical repeat.This of course is the agenda of the religious right,as they are not a collection of various beliefs,rather they are of one mind,and church.End result,Inqusition time again.
I support the war on terror,but i no longer support the way we are going about it.We are in effect,reinacting the crusades under the guise of "spreading GOD's gift of freedom throughout the world".My opinion on this has changed in the past few weeks.I used to support the President in this enterprise,but a few free thinkers on this board have shown me a different perspective.I pray that we stop with Iraq,i really do.
As a conservative,i am ashamed that i help bring into being NAFTA,that did nothing but hurt our American workers,and small businesses.I am ashamed that i blindly supported candidates that stripped me of my freedoms,simply because they hid under the guise of "conservative".I am ashamed that i didnt realize that my party had been taken over by extremeists long before i did.
I guess i am not a conservative after all,i voted Libertarian.
I looked up some of my old posts from the past,to determine my change of heart.
I used to hang out on the Excite board political section.
10/27/04 03:37pm Reply
I kept my promise to my state elected leaders this morning,i voted againsed them.They recently stripped another right from me,and as i promised them in my letters,they lost my vote that they have enjoyed for more than 20 years.
During the past few years,i have been wondering what a conservative is nowadays.It seems that the definition has changed.I no longer see "conservatives"talking about fiscal responsibility.I no longer see "conservatives" fighting againsed government intrusion into our lives,and systematicly stripping away our rights.Instead i see "conservatives" supporting huge spending,huge governmental growth,more governmental intrusion,and stripping away my freedoms.I see conservatives advocating nation building,and conquesting to promote THIER idea of freedom across the globe.The only conservative values i see anymore is the idea that schools must be accountable for thier functions,and lower taxes.
Last year i left my beloved Republican party because of what i percieved as the new conservative movement,and the growing power of the religious right.How in the heck could a conservative ever create such an abomination as the "Patriot Act"?To me,the party has abandoned traditionalists like myself,and became the party of anger,and moral outrage.I still agreed with the GOP platform,but,that too seemed to be abandoned.Instead of balancing the issue of church,and state,conservatives seem to embrace the idea of a merger.Take a look at the faith based initiative.By allowing church into state affairs,we run the risk,and high probability of a disasterous historical repeat.This of course is the agenda of the religious right,as they are not a collection of various beliefs,rather they are of one mind,and church.End result,Inqusition time again.
I support the war on terror,but i no longer support the way we are going about it.We are in effect,reinacting the crusades under the guise of "spreading GOD's gift of freedom throughout the world".My opinion on this has changed in the past few weeks.I used to support the President in this enterprise,but a few free thinkers on this board have shown me a different perspective.I pray that we stop with Iraq,i really do.
As a conservative,i am ashamed that i help bring into being NAFTA,that did nothing but hurt our American workers,and small businesses.I am ashamed that i blindly supported candidates that stripped me of my freedoms,simply because they hid under the guise of "conservative".I am ashamed that i didnt realize that my party had been taken over by extremeists long before i did.
I guess i am not a conservative after all,i voted Libertarian.
