Reply #9: There are really only two types of republican.

[last1standing]

There's the type that knows the real purpose of the party - which is to strengthen the power of a select few people, then there's the self deluding type that honestly thinks the party stands for "wholesome Christian values", fiscal responsibility and self determination. Those few deluded souls who actually end up in office either quickly sell out or leave in disgust.

This has always been the way with the repubs and always will be. As I tell a friend of mine who has always voted conservatively, "Stop listening to what politicians say and start watching what they do. Then vote for the one who works for the things you believe in." He's having trouble with the concept but he's finally realizing that bush* has betrayed his trust.

I'm not really trying to be insulting to conservatives, but the truth is that the repub party has always flirted with fascism, which for practical purposes is a merger of corporation and state. While repubs have used Christianity as a vote getting tool for the last forty years, they really have done little to further it's hold on the United States. Therfore, when the average person is finally able to see past the media blitz that has instilled the idea of repub = Christian, they often change their voting patterns completely. I'm hoping that's what is happening now to some extent. If so, then bush* will have ended up being a gift to this country instead of the eventual cause of it's destruction. We'll find the answer to that in the next two elections.