Reply #70: It sounds like you're saying that you share most or all of the values in

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this post.

If that is the case, then I would respectfully suggest that you change your Republican affiliation to that of another party.

Although it is true as you point out that some Republicans sometimes disagree with this Administration, the vast majority of the Republican leadership do not support these values, whether they say they do or not.

I will give one example, from value # 10. On January 6th, there were two hours of televised debate in the House and Senate on the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio. Abuses of our electoral process in Ohio were numerous, widespread, flagrant, and very well documented. Many believe that these abuses were so widespread that Bush could not have won the election without them. If that is true (and I can point you to loads of documentaion on this issue if you like), then our democracy is in great trouble.

Several Democrats in both houses of Congress stood up to speak of these problems and suggest that they be investigated. Several Republicans also stood up -- but NOT A SINGLE ONE supported the suggestion that these issues be looked into. On the contrary, all they did was accuse the Democrats of being sore losers and demand that all this nonsense be stopped.

Do you believe that we can have a democracy when our votes are counted by machines that use secret software? Well, virtually every Republican in Congress believes that, judging by their actions.

Why belong to a Party like that?

You say you're a fiscal conservative. In the last quarter of a centery we've had 8 years of a Democratic President and 17 years of Republican Presidents. Do you know what happened to our national debt in the 17 years versus the 8 years?