"After 25 years, I am no longer a Republican." -James Chaney

[Rainscents]

http://www.blueoregon.com/2005/07/after_25_years_.html


“While it has compiled this record of failure and deception, the party which I'm leaving today has spent its time, energy and political capital trying to save Terri Schiavo, battling the threat of single-sex unions, fighting medical marijuana and physician-assisted suicide, manufacturing political crises over presidential nominees, and selling privatized Social Security to an America that isn't buying. We fiddle while Rome burns.”

“Enough is enough,” wrote Chaney. “I quit.”


Republicans are starting to waking up! :-)

[Iamthewinner]

1. rather coming to the middle

I believe more of both Dems and Reps are coming closer to the middle than moving to the opposite side. I no longer see myself as completely one sided. I am more independent. Middle ground is better for me, I believe more gets done when both sides see the point of a problem/solution.

[gratuitous]

2. Yeah, right, like on torture

Surely there's some middle ground to be found there, huh? After all, if there's someone that we know is bad enough, and we're pretty sure they're going to do something heinous enough, then what does it hurt to do a little waterboarding? Or snap a few fingers?

We'll surely get more done when all those peaceniks start to acknowledge the inhuman, animalistic point to this problem/solution.

Sheesh.

[nini]

4. I didn't take her post as excusing torture

just a statement that more people don't fit into a category of being either liberal or conservative - but in the middle.

I consider myself moderate on some issues and hardcare left on other issues such as the war etc.. Depends on the issue.

[gratuitous]

5. No, but I've had enough "centrist" rhetoric

Because it usually turns out to be something like, "Okay, we'll talk this over, but the final result is still going to be whatever the repressive right says it should be, and all they while they'll call you namby-pamby Democrats a bunch of liberals and wimps and appeasers and terrorist sympathizers, and you'll smile and like it."

I've seen my country jerked far enough toward fascism at this point. I'd like to see it move back a little more toward "of the people, by the people and for the people."

[samsingh]

3. kick

for the inspiration value