On being conservative...
I love debating. I feel that debating important political issues is probably the second most patriotic thing a person can do. I also am blessed with having many friends widely varying opinions on most of the hot topics of the day. These folks love to spar, and I'm usually up for it.
The thing that bothers me however, is the fact that rarely can we get into a political conversation around here without someone extraneous to the conversation jumping in and in one sentence (inaccurately) relate quotes from Leviticus, the second amendment, the declaration of independence and Jerry Falwell.
I wish that I did not have to politically align my conservative ideologies with the Pat Buchanan faithful of the world. Religion is important, and the cornerstone of law in this great nation of ours, but there is more to governing a nation than looking to God for every answer.
I guess I'm just frustrated. Religious nuts have hijacked the Republican party as much as socialist whack-jobs have coopted the Democratic Party. I wish for a third party, but frankly, none of them fit for me.
I think the libertarians have a lot going for them and like them in local elections, but they are WAY off base on national policy when it comes to drug control etc. Additionally, their foreign policy ideals are far from appropriate to truly function in the world.
The Greens -well, let's face it - they are socialists. Go to the dark ages if you wish, but it ain't for me.
So we're left without a good choice, and it's hurting the system. You hear lots of talk around election time of 'playing to the base' and then after a nomination is carried, 'moving to the center.' Why the fuck doesn't anyone just start a party in the center? A Centrist party: one founded in the universal distrust in government and a philosophy of just go about your merry way, keep everything on a general even keel, and understand that the system we've got is about as good as it's gonna get.
The thing that bothers me however, is the fact that rarely can we get into a political conversation around here without someone extraneous to the conversation jumping in and in one sentence (inaccurately) relate quotes from Leviticus, the second amendment, the declaration of independence and Jerry Falwell.
I wish that I did not have to politically align my conservative ideologies with the Pat Buchanan faithful of the world. Religion is important, and the cornerstone of law in this great nation of ours, but there is more to governing a nation than looking to God for every answer.
I guess I'm just frustrated. Religious nuts have hijacked the Republican party as much as socialist whack-jobs have coopted the Democratic Party. I wish for a third party, but frankly, none of them fit for me.
I think the libertarians have a lot going for them and like them in local elections, but they are WAY off base on national policy when it comes to drug control etc. Additionally, their foreign policy ideals are far from appropriate to truly function in the world.
The Greens -well, let's face it - they are socialists. Go to the dark ages if you wish, but it ain't for me.
So we're left without a good choice, and it's hurting the system. You hear lots of talk around election time of 'playing to the base' and then after a nomination is carried, 'moving to the center.' Why the fuck doesn't anyone just start a party in the center? A Centrist party: one founded in the universal distrust in government and a philosophy of just go about your merry way, keep everything on a general even keel, and understand that the system we've got is about as good as it's gonna get.
posted by Jake Barnes @ 9:10 AM
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