Manifesto
What follows is a bit of a political manifesto. Some of the language may not be for polite company.
I am a Republican (yes, I'll admit it).
I am a Republican who believes in no deity or any power superior to my own reasoning mind.
I am a Republican who knows that, based on the available scientific evidence, all life on this planet evolved from less complex forms.
I am a Republican who is not wealthy, and expects my government to live within its means just as I do.
I am a Republican who knows that his party, the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, has been hijacked by a fringe of loudmouthed, smallminded religious lunatics.
I am a Republican who knew before it happened that the invasion of Iraq was based on a lie, and is saddened by the loss of American troops for what is essentially no good reason.
I am a Republican who is working to stop the Hell-bent stampede of the Bombs-n-Jesus Crowd from destroying the last remnants of free thought, free speech and civil discourse in this country.
I am a Republican ... and I am Pissed Off.
I am a Republican (yes, I'll admit it).
I am a Republican who believes in no deity or any power superior to my own reasoning mind.
I am a Republican who knows that, based on the available scientific evidence, all life on this planet evolved from less complex forms.
I am a Republican who is not wealthy, and expects my government to live within its means just as I do.
I am a Republican who knows that his party, the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, has been hijacked by a fringe of loudmouthed, smallminded religious lunatics.
I am a Republican who knew before it happened that the invasion of Iraq was based on a lie, and is saddened by the loss of American troops for what is essentially no good reason.
I am a Republican who is working to stop the Hell-bent stampede of the Bombs-n-Jesus Crowd from destroying the last remnants of free thought, free speech and civil discourse in this country.
I am a Republican ... and I am Pissed Off.
posted by Walt at 3:28 AM
9 Comments:
I didn't know you were a Republican. So am I.
I hear you kiddo.
I Hear you ;)
Liz, glad to meet you! :-)
I did this post rather quickly, so I left this bit out:
I am a Republican who feels that the government has no right to dictate what a free and responsible person can or can not do with their body. Yes, that includes abortion. Since I am not properly equipped to make a determination, I will let women decide what is best for theimselves.
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Hey, fellow traveler. Glad I met you over on Blondesense, and happy to see you've built your own home on the net. I'll be visiting regularly.
Now I have to figure out how to add a purty picture like Liz's above. :-)
In other words dear one,you stand for what the actual Republican party is supposed to represent.Bless you.
I'm an independant,always have been.I look at who is running,their record,how full of shit they are,and then I decide.
AAOB, you're like a breath of fresh air! :-)
Yeah, they're full of shit. I'm with George Carlin about this - bullshit is why Clinton beat Dole. Clinton was upfront about it. "Hi, I'm completely full of shit, and what do you think about that?"
And people voted for him, saying, "Well, at least he's honest."
we still love you! (A lot of my friends are CA Republican...you know those fiscally conservative, socially liberal types)
Hi Walt,
Just stumbled on your mention you are an R over at Skippy and have been checking out your blog etc.
Maybe sometime you or Blondesense Liz or other sane Republicans might say why you bother with that party. If people like you had been prominant in setting that party's policies any time since 1980, who knows, I might have considered at least voting for Rs sometimes. But at least in the venues I have been living in the choices either have been clear, or between 2 people I hate both of. When clear, the Dems with me around here. Though in fact if we had effective representation for 3rd parties I'd probably be off in some wonky 17th party.
I spent more of my childhood in Florida than anywhere else--in Panama City up on the panhandle. But that was back in the early 80s at the latest, when the R's were just beginning to break through the Solid South ice and frankly I was not paying attention.
All I can say is, you guys don't _look_ like the Republicans I know of.
Yes, Party of Lincoln and all that. On a Gandleman "Moderate Voice" thread a bunch of wingers were trying to argue that JFK would self-evidently be a Republican today. I don't know about JFK, but I suspect a time-travelling Abe Lincoln, once he adapted to the culture shock, would be leading a frickin' _revolution_ at this point, parties be damned. And he'd be the last person to skip legal steps. It's just that there don't seem to be any left.
What do you all think of Heinlein? His first "novel," really more of a polemical outline of the future history he set his later stories in, _For Us, the Living_, is pretty amazing in its radicalism. Sort of a moderate, pragmatic, American type radicalism in the mode of General Smedley Butler's suggestions as to how the USA might defend itself without getting drawn into global imperialism. Is that the sort of thing modern sane Republicans might champion?
Mark, I hope the most recent post gives you the answer you're looking for.
As for Heinlein, the only political philosophy I can recall from his is the Rational Anarchism that Professor de la Paz espoused in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." It sounds like a very liberal form of Republicanism.
Butler's ideas are good, but there is no way we can withdraw. We let ourselves out into the world in 1898, and there's no pulling back. But we can try, Very Hard, to avoid pissing off the entire planet.
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