American Political Orphan - Beginnings
I have been a Republican all of my life. I have watched the Republican Party over the past few years lose its way. The concept of smaller government, less spending and lower taxes is a distant memory.
Where have the conservative politicians disappeared too? I can barely list Republican politicians who are true conservatives. Every election cycle it seems to be a choice of the lesser of two evils.
I have had a longtime belief that the Democrats, if left in power long enough, will destroy the Nation. Unfortunately if the Republicans continue to abandon their once conservative values they will destroy the Nation as well. It will just take them a little bit longer.
President George Bush was amazing in his response to 9/11 and he did what I would expect any President to do. Also, his policy on lower taxes was a great idea. It has undoubtedly strengthened the economic outlook of America. But! And there is a big but here, the rest of his domestic policies have brought more big government and bigger spending than any other president in my lifetime.
I feel that the current crop of politicians in Washington DC have abandoned the American people. Representative governance has given way to a government dictated to the people from Washington DC. Somehow in the rarefied air inside the beltway they know what’s best for America. At least, that’s what it looks like from here.
This is why I feel like I am an American political orphan. What happened to the Republican Party? What happened to my America? Where is the America that I grew up in? I can barely recognize it now.
It is my intent to write about the current state of America on these pages.
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