Reply #25: There are a lot of Republicans with consciences out there,

[ewulf]

most of them, I'd say. There's just a big disconnect between Republican voters and almost all Republican office holders. It is the leadership, in the white house, congress, and many lower levels of government, that has become thoroughly corrupt.

Hopefully, at some point, the bulk of the Republican base will realize that the people they are electing aren't looking out for their best interests or representing their shared morality, as many already have. The world would be a lot better for it.

I think I may have used a few derogatory terms when referring to Republicans from time to time, but implicitly, it is always the leadership that I am referring to. No offense meant to enlightened Republicans like you, Marcus, or toward the as yet unenlightened, but well meaning, bulk of Republican voters.

We must never forget that this isn't just some game of sport, or some battle between good an evil, but rather a debate about good governance and the greater goals and principles of out country. If the Republican party should ever find its way back, if it should return to its roots as the party of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, if it should, one day, be more honest, and more conductive to prosperity, freedom, and general wellbeing than the Democratic party, then, on that day, you may call me a proud Republican.