Amnesty and my membership in the Republican party

scaeagles · 05-18-2007, 08:32 AM

I'm not sure who said it first, but I have not left the Republican party, the Republican party has left me.

I've stood by GWB in spite of the fact that he is not a conservative (been over this before). I've grown gradually disillusioned with him over how the Iraq War has been fought (which I'm sure is not in like with why most here are unhappy about it), and with the immigration bill that sure looks like is going to be passed with his full freakin support.....it simply makes me sick.

The one Republican I directly vote for that I still respected, being AZ Senator Jon Kyl, has put his support behind this bill. Wow....each illegal will have to pay an interest free 5000 over 8 years, or $52/month. $52 a month. I wonder how much the cost of the social services that will be received is.

This is what had happened to the Republicans during the Ford Administration (for a wide variety of reasons). Everyone here knows I was a huge fan of Reagan, and I wonder if there is another Reagan out there. Guiliani isn't. McCain sure as hell isn't. Don't know enough about Romney to say. I like some of the others, but they haven't the name recognition or the fund raising capability to become real contenders.

I am sickened. I am very, very close to calling the Republican Party, telling them to go to hell, and becoming a libertarian (or just having no political affiliation).

05-18-2007, 08:32 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Amnesty and my membership in the Republican party I'm not sure who said it first, but I have not left the Republican party, the Republican party has left me. I've stood by GWB in spite of the fact that he is not a conservative (been over this before). I've grown gradually disillusioned with him over how the Iraq War has been fought (which I'm sure is not in like with why most here are unhappy about it), and with the immigration bill that sure looks like is going to be passed with his full freakin support.....it simply makes me sick. The one Republican I directly vote for that I still respected, being AZ Senator Jon Kyl, has put his support behind this bill. Wow....each illegal will have to pay an interest free 5000 over 8 years, or $52/month. $52 a month. I wonder how much the cost of the social services that will be received is. This is what had happened to the Republicans during the Ford Administration (for a wide variety of reasons). Everyone here knows I was a huge fan of Reagan, and I wonder if there is another Reagan out there. Guiliani isn't. McCain sure as hell isn't. Don't know enough about Romney to say. I like some of the others, but they haven't the name recognition or the fund raising capability to become real contenders. I am sickened. I am very, very close to calling the Republican Party, telling them to go to hell, and becoming a libertarian (or just having no political affiliation).
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