Not a surprising statement I know, but it's been reinforced quite a bit today.
I'm voting in the Texas GOP primary and as a dutiful citizen of the greatest state in the USA I'm doing some last minute research on the candidates. So far I've noted that to be a Republican I should probably:
- Support the repeal of Obamacare (I'm fine with this one)
- Be not just pro-life, but really pro-life....like Santorum pro-life (this is typically the first social issue discussed on a candidates profile)
- Be for a "traditional" marriage amendment to the Constitution
- Want to dramatically slash discretionary spending (but not Medicare and SS....gotta keep the old person votes!)
- Not touch military spending or allow it to at least increase
- Support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (I do, but not what most are proposing)
- Support spending billions of dollars to patrol and enforce the southern border
While I'm not saying these are all bad positions (some are IMO) I'm saying that I only identify with 3 or 4 of them. If it weren't for Mitt, I'd probably be voting in the Democrat primary today.
I've read some articles and blogs that are talking about the future demise of the GOP, and while I think some of those are overstating the situation, it's definitely apparent that the GOP will need to "evolve" a bit both socially and politically to stay vibrant and relevant. I know they'll have to do it to keep me voting for republicans....or else they can just nominate a Mormon every 4 years
I'm voting in the Texas GOP primary and as a dutiful citizen of the greatest state in the USA I'm doing some last minute research on the candidates. So far I've noted that to be a Republican I should probably:
- Support the repeal of Obamacare (I'm fine with this one)
- Be not just pro-life, but really pro-life....like Santorum pro-life (this is typically the first social issue discussed on a candidates profile)
- Be for a "traditional" marriage amendment to the Constitution
- Want to dramatically slash discretionary spending (but not Medicare and SS....gotta keep the old person votes!)
- Not touch military spending or allow it to at least increase
- Support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (I do, but not what most are proposing)
- Support spending billions of dollars to patrol and enforce the southern border
While I'm not saying these are all bad positions (some are IMO) I'm saying that I only identify with 3 or 4 of them. If it weren't for Mitt, I'd probably be voting in the Democrat primary today.
I've read some articles and blogs that are talking about the future demise of the GOP, and while I think some of those are overstating the situation, it's definitely apparent that the GOP will need to "evolve" a bit both socially and politically to stay vibrant and relevant. I know they'll have to do it to keep me voting for republicans....or else they can just nominate a Mormon every 4 years
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