by Robroy » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:03 pm
Y'know, I should say this again.
I believe the economy is going to be so bad in the next four years that I honestly am not very confident our country can survive it intact. I also believe that whichever party wins the top office will be villified in 2012. When crops are bad, you blame your leaders, no matter what. It's just the way it is.
IOW, I have no doubt the Republicans will sweep this election, but in the long run I am not too sure that will be good for the republicans. Normally I would say no great loss. I left the party a year ago and fully emotionally and intellectually became an independent. They had their chance controlling two (some would argue all three) branches of the government, and what did we get? More of the tax and spend and socialism I thought was the domain of the Democrats.
What changed my attitude was Palin. A true conservative the likes of which I have not seen in the party with any real power since Reagan. It made me a STRONG supporter of the republican ticket for president. But I am still independent. Both parties are far too left wing for me.
I am a "classic liberal". I believe in personal responsibility and that the government's job is not to make my life better, but to protect an environment that allows me to do the best I can with what I was born with, be it a silver Nordstrom spoon, or a crack baby in the CD.
I want the government to butt out of my life. Don't redistribute other peoples wealth to me, or my wealth to others. The law of giving and receiving is only a blessing if it is a direct relationship between the giver and receiver, and that both sides know that the giver gave of his own choice and volition. Anything else (like welfare, unemployment insurance, medicare, social security, et-al) is an abomination.
I like Palin though. She is a good compromise.