Darkdale
World Leader Pretend
The future success of the Republican Party is contingent on their willingness to evolve, to represent the will of the people, and to allow for a separation between that which they believe and that which is the business of government. The Republican Party must change its position on Gay Marriage, without demanding an acceptance of the behavior. Conservative, constitutional-Republican values have been whittled away by moralist, theocratic nonsense. This has to stop today. For the growing number of Conservative Christians, please understand that there is a difference between something being morally wrong and something being illegal.
It is fine to believe that homosexuality is morally wrong, but it is another thing to make it illegal and to deny homosexuals their equal rights under the law. Even Jesus said to hate the sin, but not the sinner. How can Republicans respect themselves if they are unwilling to respect the equal rights of the people that they disagree with? Christian values can be fought for, but they must be fought for in the court of public opinion, and on the cultural battlefield NOT in Washington, DC, NOT on the floor of the Senate, and not from the office of the Executive.
The Republican Party must also jump on board with the Environmentalists. They must do this, not because they agree with the environmentalist wackos that think human beings are going to destroy the earth and cause global warming, but because there is nothing fundamentally more important to the health of every citizen than clean air, clean water, and clean land. Republicans must become environmentalists and encourage corporations to do their share, for their own benefits. Environmental technology is now being endorsed by the President of the United States, but what is actually being done about it?
The Republican Party must become a fiscally responsible party! I would like to see Bill Frist stand up in front of the Republican Party and the American People and say, Twelve years ago we were put into power as the party of Reform, and we have failed to deliver. But as of today, we are willing to work with Democrats, in a bipartisan effort to cut spending, to make the tax-cuts permanent, and to coordinate with the States where necessary. We cannot cut spending and taxes at the federal level, without making sure that this wont mean spending and tax increases at the State level. The American people want reform, lower taxes, a balanced budget, and honest government, and we mean to deliver. We have failed over the last twelve years because weve been trying to keep our jobs. We have been more concerned with politics than we have been with serving the American people But be assured, we know what you want and we mean to deliver.
If the Republicans do that, they will gain seats in the House and the Senate in 2006, they will win in 2008. If they dont, they are screwed. There is more going on in this country than the war on terror.
It is fine to believe that homosexuality is morally wrong, but it is another thing to make it illegal and to deny homosexuals their equal rights under the law. Even Jesus said to hate the sin, but not the sinner. How can Republicans respect themselves if they are unwilling to respect the equal rights of the people that they disagree with? Christian values can be fought for, but they must be fought for in the court of public opinion, and on the cultural battlefield NOT in Washington, DC, NOT on the floor of the Senate, and not from the office of the Executive.
The Republican Party must also jump on board with the Environmentalists. They must do this, not because they agree with the environmentalist wackos that think human beings are going to destroy the earth and cause global warming, but because there is nothing fundamentally more important to the health of every citizen than clean air, clean water, and clean land. Republicans must become environmentalists and encourage corporations to do their share, for their own benefits. Environmental technology is now being endorsed by the President of the United States, but what is actually being done about it?
The Republican Party must become a fiscally responsible party! I would like to see Bill Frist stand up in front of the Republican Party and the American People and say, Twelve years ago we were put into power as the party of Reform, and we have failed to deliver. But as of today, we are willing to work with Democrats, in a bipartisan effort to cut spending, to make the tax-cuts permanent, and to coordinate with the States where necessary. We cannot cut spending and taxes at the federal level, without making sure that this wont mean spending and tax increases at the State level. The American people want reform, lower taxes, a balanced budget, and honest government, and we mean to deliver. We have failed over the last twelve years because weve been trying to keep our jobs. We have been more concerned with politics than we have been with serving the American people But be assured, we know what you want and we mean to deliver.
If the Republicans do that, they will gain seats in the House and the Senate in 2006, they will win in 2008. If they dont, they are screwed. There is more going on in this country than the war on terror.
But I can't fight the Republicans by supporting the democrats. I can't help create change by trying to put Libertarians into Federal offices (I usually vote for them at the local level whenever possible). So, when I talk to Republicans, I'm an evil self-righteous ******* about the Christian Conservative influence on the party. My libertarian friends HATE that I support the National GOP, but the Libertarians are too busy smoking pot and talking about becoming an isolationist country, and that won't get them anywhere in national politics. 
