Election Has Left Me Feeling Blue
Even though I have voted Republican for my entire life, I’ve never really identified with the policy positions of either major party. While I have developed a more pragmatic view of government as I get older, my ideological leanings tend to be libertarian. My support for the Republican party to date has been based entirely on the notion that they best represented my views on fiscal responsibility and limited government. Sadly, this is no longer true, and the results of our recent elections indicate that many former Republican voters share my sense that the party has abandoned its core principles.
Where am I to turn when I no longer recognize the party I have supported for so many years? Who represents my voice when my party abdicates its traditional mission in favor of promoting “Christian” beliefs like racism, homophobia, and the denial of every principle of the scientific method? In too many cases, the candidates put forth by the Republicans now represent the greater of two evils.
My dissatisfaction with the Republicans does not make me any more inclined to support the Democratic party, at least not in its current incarnation. My libertarian beliefs place me at opposite ends of the spectrum from those who continue to promote the naïve proposition that government can produce a Utopian society through social engineering and massive income redistribution. Given the insurmountable odds faced by third parties under our rigged two-party system, I am feeling more left out than ever before.
If there is a single ray of hope left in Washington, it is the Blue Dog Coalition of Democrats in the House. While the members of the coalition represent a range of ideological positions on social issues, they are all committed to the basic principle that our government must live within its means. They are despised by traditional liberals within their own party for their support of the radical notion that spending increases must be offset by reductions in other parts of the budget. They may not represent my views perfectly, but at least that’s the kind of radical idea I can live with.
I’ve become totally disillusioned by not just the pathetic policies, but also the vindictiveness of both parties. I have a feeling by the next election a third party will emerge. It almost has to in order to get our country moving forward again.
Uhhhhggg. Neither Party can solve Our problems. When the full ramifications of capitalism-gone-wild (mainly derivatives) catch up and are forced to be paid, downward our economy will go and nothing either party could dream up can stop the defaults. It will happen.
There are Republicans thrilled a Democrat is in The White House because the sheeple will blame the party in power. I don’t know how strong a nation we will be in 4 years but the Democrats will be blamed.
By then I don’t think it will really matter. Our Country has a huge tipping point coming very soon (GM) and we will all be brought down to a realistic sense of an objects true value.