The Republican Party Is Dead To Me

As of yesterday, November 25, 2008, I have officially turned in my resignation to the Republican Party. Do not think that I have given up on the party, for it is the party that has given up on me.

The Republican Party no longer stands for the things it did when I joined it. The GOP has moved from a Conservative stronghold, to a bunch of neo-conservative Democrat wannabes, and it makes me physically sick.

The Party has chosen to kick real Conservatives like myself to the curb and embrace their “new age” Conservatism, which is nothing more than sugar coated liberalism. The GOP believes that it can survive and reinvent itself without real Conservatives, and they’ll have the opportunity to do so, but not with my help.

I will no longer lend my name to a party that no longer stands for what I believe in. Even though this change in registration means I will no longer be able to vote in my stat’s primary elections, I will stand by my decision.

In the space provided for “other” political affiliations, I simply wrote, Conservatism.

If the Republican Party one day decides to return to its roots and take hold of the Conservative values and beliefs that made this country what it is today, I will gladly return.

Until that day, they can take their new age neo-conservatism and choke on it.

Join me over at the Constitution Party!

I was a democrat when I was younger.
But they got taken over by Socialist/Marxists.
Then I was a republican.
But they got taken over by fundamentalists.
(and Bush is acting like a socialist more and more .... )

The dems and the republicans are all CFR, Trilat, and Bildeberger tools and useful idiots. Yes - Obama too.

Try out the Constitution Party. Or even no party ...

There is more to life then democrat and/or republican folks!

Well said I suppose.
For me, Death is the Republican Party.
But no- you're right-it's waaaaay out of touch with the majority of it's constituents-apart from those who are just plain idiotic or mean spirited.
The traditional platform doesn't manifest itself in any policies other than local---federally its just grumpy neo-liberal garbage.
Based on the womping the GOP took in the last elections, I really see a huge glimmer of hope in a migration to the Libertarian or Constitution parties. But then that hope loses it's potency when you consider how capable the MSM actually is in dictating which parties exist in the public psyche and which don't--very sad.

But the Libertarian train always has room for one more!


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[edit on 26-11-2008 by Moonsouljah]

I've followed much the same path.

I was a strong Democrat, until I smelled Socialism in the air.

I discovered and fell in love with real, true, Conservatism which led me to the Republican party.

They have since abandoned the values I hold dear though.

I don't plan on joining any party for the time being. If I was in a position to run for office, I start a new party. The Conservative Party.

At least GOP'ers are becoming disenfranchised quicker than Dems--it's like they're smoking something. If you checked Obama's name you wrote yourself a first-class ticket to dreamland- stay asleep, please.
Disdain for the system is a great first step towards political illumination!

Please don't' make the mistake of assuming that I am some uniformed slave to the two party system.

I'm well aware of all ideologies, and have only been registered Republican all these years because they were the home of Conservatism. Now that they have abandoned those principles, they have abandoned me.

Also, this has nothing to do with disenfranchisement or the beating the part took in the election.

They got what they deserved for dropping their values. I'm leaving now because I can see where this party is headed, and I want nothing to do with it.

[edit on 26-11-2008 by nyk537]

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Congratulations!

It's a pain not being able to vote in the primaries, but my conscience doesn't suffer with having chosen a restrictive label and I am morally free to vote for whomever I wish. I have never been a member of a political party and have no plans to.

And who knows? If what is now known as the Republican party splits and some form a true conservative party, I may join you there. Maybe you'll even grow to respect me.

I do respect you BH (despite my out of line comment in another thread).

Remember though this move changes nothing about my political views or my values. I've simply dropped this label that I feel does not represent what I stand for anymore.

I'm fairly sure we still won't agree most of the time issue wise.

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Welcome to the club my friend, I never voted for a Bush or a Clinton in my life, I see no difference in them really. I was a Reaganite republican and left the party when Georgie the 1st ran, I see the Republican party now as the Neo-Cons, or New Conservatives and they have changed the definitions on us and you are correct in that the do not stand fr the principles true conservatives do. True conservatives abhor war, true conservatives abhor huge government, true conservatives love individualism and self reliance and personal responsibility. I think it is fair to say that this Republican Party of today is not the one any of us over 35 joined...

I think we desperately need a viable 3rd party although I don't think it should be called the Conservative party or even the Constitutional party. How about the "Common Sense" party? The only requirement to join would be an IQ test.
This way you would get the best from both parties

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Common Sense party huh? Well I will admit it seems good on paper but it will be a small party and here's why...

Common Sense aint so common as the name implies!

The Common Sense Party

Someone beat you to it. Their theme is 'duh!'.

Originally posted by Anjin
This way you would get the best from both parties

The "best" from both parties is still a fairly pitiful group if you asked me. I could live without either of them.

And the party I would create would be the Conservative party, because I hold conservative values very strongly. I'm not willing to compromise those beliefs for anything or anyone, thus my current decision.

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I too, started out my voting life as a Democrat. Then LBJ came along and i realised that i was going to be paying for his 'Great Society' and those thatcame after him. We are alll still paying and the Republican leadership have jumped on the wagon with them. I'm a Conservative/ Libertarian and have been since Carter. I don't see representation on any level from what we have had or what we will get in the forseeable future!

Zindo

The GOP intentionally shot itself in the sacrificial foot during the last primaries by putting up the "old one" up against "that one".
Why? Because they knew Obama was a shoe in.

Did you ever wonder why people like Romney and Huckabee started losing ground just when McCain started gaining steam?
Hmmmm.

They will do with Obama what they did with Bush, let him screw things up so much just so the next guy will look like a savior.

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AMEN BROTHER, you hit it one the head. We are not being represented by anyone anymore in Washington.

It's true.

There are those who stand to reclaim Conservatism in the party, but I don't think they'll ever be given the chance.

The Republicans are going to start systematically weeding out Conservatives over the next year or so. By the midterm elections they will be almost a carbon copy of the Democrats, which is just how they want it.

From my liberal perspective it doesn't look to me like the Republican party is moving closer to the Democrats. It looks like the neo-cons on one hand and the lunatic fringe on the other have pretty much taken over. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm calling neocons those in particular who favor exporting democracy to the rest of the world (i.e. the war in Iraq) and completely free trade, among other things. Neither one of those groups can truly be called liberal. I agree, though, that the true conservatives are being squeezed out.

That is too bad. I can actually have a conversation with a conservative, and while I usually don't agree I can argue productively with them.

[edit on 27-11-2008 by Sestias]

Congratulations on your official freedom from the two party system!

I long ago got tired of going for parties that I felt no longer represented my wishes in the least. In fact to call myself one would lump me into a group with people that I had almost zero common beliefs with.

Constitutionalists all the way, don't screw with the Constitution and instead of making laws out of thin air, go back and consult with the document that made it all possible.

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I totally hear you, NYK. You and I briefly touched on this subject in the recent Palin thread and I've mentioned my disappointment with the republican party in a few other threads as well. I have voted republican in all elections since being old enough to vote, my brother is involved with the Republican party in Austin, and many of my family members are staunch Republicans. But when I told them I was merely planning to vote for a third party candidate instead of McCain, you would think they were going to disown me. lol

I'm so disenchanted with the Republican party it's not even funny. So I'm probably not too far behind you. It's no longer conservative. However, unlike you and most others here, I'm not knowledgeable enough in the field of politics to really know what to do.

A couple years ago everyone was talking about Libertarians. Now I keep hearing about constitutionalists. I don't really know where I really belong so I still place myself among the [disgruntled] Republicans. It sucks, no doubt. lol

[edit on 11/27/2008 by AshleyD]