Personal info, Billy?
Translation. We want incompetent and ineffective government and we want it now!
It's irrefutable at this point.
FTFY
It's irrefutable at this point. We now know what a strawman is!
.remember when mott pretended to be a republican but no one ever believed him?
I switched party affiliations in 2004, before I joined this board and I made fun of Libertarians long before that.remember when mott pretended to be a republican but no one ever believed him?
I don't try to say it. I do say it. I was a card carrying Republican from 1979 till 1996. I was a member of the Mercer County (Ohio) Young Republicans from 1981 to 1986 (Actually sat and had beers at a meet and greet with John Boehner in Celina, the guys actually pretty witty.). I was also a volunteer for Deborah Pryce in her congressional campaigins in 92 and 94. I doubt Pryce could get elected in a Republican primary today, shes far to liberal by current standards. My alienation with Republicans began with the 1996 Lewinsky scandal and then Clintons impeachment which I beleive was not in the nations best interest (You dont' shut the nations government down on partisan politics) and greatly eroded when I moved to the south in 1997. (Talk about a bunch of freakin Nazi's! That probably did more than anything to alienate me from the Republican party. In most ways that count I hold myself as being superior to southern social conservatives.) and the transformation became complete when that moron Bush invaded Iraq in 2003. That bonehead move was the straw that broke the Camels back though technically I didn't change my registraton to Democrat till 2004. 2000 was the first time I voted for a Democratic presidential Candidate (I voted for McCain in the 2000 primaries and I'd voted for damn precious few Democrats before then ever). The Advent of right wing talk radio/TV in the early 90's didn't help either as I was appaled at the baser aspects of human nature they were appealing to and that certain conservative media outlets (Fox News in particular) adopted the Goebbels propaganda model (No Damo, I'm not calling them Nazi's. I'm saying they have affectively used Goebbels propaganda methods) just simply grossed me out..
He still tries to say he used to be a republican.
>2012Hey I just finished reading the shortest book in the world. It's called "Significant Accomplishments by The Libertarian Party"
It used to be Brent that the Republcan party was far more responsible and compassionate then they are now and they were the party of responsible and competant government. In the late 60's and through most of the 70's it was the Democrats who were dominated by the extremes and the Republicans who were the moderating influence. that changed with Nixon, although Nixon was indeed a political moderate (and a criminal) his wholesale adoption of the Southern Strategy put the Republican party into the course that has lead to it currently being dominated by right wing extremist, southern social conservatives and Wall Street plutocrats. Now it's flipped 180 degrees and Democrats have become the moderating influence adn the party of competant and responsible government and Republicans have become the party of extremes.At the Federal level, I am essentially a libertarian; at the State level, however, I am a liberal. The States with the smallest governments are typically the worst places to live when it comes to standard of living, education, and healthcare. It is no wonder why States such as Massachusetts, New York, and my home State of Washington are leaps and bounds ahead of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas in these categories. Furthermore, as mankind is naturally selfish, the truly unfortunate (e.g. disabled) would not be taken care of under pure libertarianism.
It used to be Brent that the Republcan party was far more responsible and compassionate then they are now and they were the party of responsible and competant government. In the late 60's and through most of the 70's it was the Democrats who were dominated by the extremes and the Republicans who were the moderating influence. that changed with Nixon, although Nixon was indeed a political moderate (and a criminal) his wholesale adoption of the Southern Strategy put the Republican party into the course that has lead to it currently being dominated by right wing extremist, southern social conservatives and Wall Street plutocrats. Now it's flipped 180 degrees and Democrats have become the moderating influence adn the party of competant and responsible government and Republicans have become the party of extremes.
You had me up until you said Democrats are a moderating force / the party of responsible government. How is adding $5 Trillion to the national debt in a few years responsible?
The fact is, both parties are fucked up beyond hope.