WebKittyn Warbles
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Yes, Yes I am.
Seems it's a bad thing to be a Republican these days, we seem to be open fodder for the masses. I swear, there are some times and circles in which I'm actually cautious if my Republicanism comes out I'll catch Hell for it. Well Hell back, I'm tired of that.
I grew up in a Democrat household, I remember politics being talked about in my house from my earliest days. My parents never forced any particular agenda down my throat and somewhere along the way I become a Republican.
I used to be a hardliner, for many years I was of the Bob Grant sort of right. I was hardcore. In my old age I've become very much a centrist Republican but I am now and have always been a Republican. I'm not a huge fan of the President, I voted for him both times but it was more because I disliked both Gore and Kerry than because I thought Bush was anything great.
I was a political science major, I'm not without knowledge. I'm an aware Republican whose favourite President of all is Harry S Truman. I have a hard time feeling any sort of connection to the representatives of my party, it's time for the Republicans to come into the modern age and accept the empirical over the normative and learn to deal with it.
I'm tired of the evil-eyed stares and comments I get. I have many many friends who are Democrat, Liberal, Socialist, Green, you name it. It's alright if we disagree but the second I say Republican all of a sudden I'm this evil thing who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, wants to remove all civil liberties from people, is a war mongering hate machine and who eats babies every other Friday at midnight.
It bothers me that in my age range of 35-40, I can't identify on Republican I can relate to or who I could get behind in a campaign and support. I live in the real world. Abortion is not going anywhere, kids are having sex and doing drugs, families are devolving, schools are in trouble, too many people don't have healthcare, I support stem cell research, etc. I would trade a kidney to find one Republican with a like mind. That was a big thing that turned me off Kerry, he was beyond disingenuous with his claims to being of the common folk and understanding their issues. Not that Bush does either for the most part but I recall a clip of Bush sitting in a firehouse in NY city eating pizza and drinking a beer and instantly thinking that Kerry would look ridiculous in the same position.
My party loyalty is tenuous at best. I could easily be swayed if the candidate was right, I'm more concerned with issues than party lines. There's an election coming up and I see no standout candidates on either side and yes, it worries me.
GW Bush is not the root of the problems in America, neither is Bill Clinton. Republicans are not the bad guys, Democrats are not the voice of the people. We need a new party, a mixing of all that is good in the Democrats and Republicans brought together. I'll just keep dreaming there, ok?
In the meantime, stop attacking me because I am a Republican and I'm not ashamed of it. Of some of the members in my party and their actions, yes but of the party itself, no. Neither side is doing anything to help America.
No, I'm not turning this blog into an all-issue blog. I'll leave that to the legends and be happy alternating between quizzes, self reflecting and issues. I'm just so damn tired of biting my tongue because I know when I say what I want to say, instead of discourse on the issue, it will be instant condemnation of my Republicanism and nothing else.
Hello, my name is WebKittyn and I'm a Republican. Deal with it.
I grew up in a Democrat household, I remember politics being talked about in my house from my earliest days. My parents never forced any particular agenda down my throat and somewhere along the way I become a Republican.
I used to be a hardliner, for many years I was of the Bob Grant sort of right. I was hardcore. In my old age I've become very much a centrist Republican but I am now and have always been a Republican. I'm not a huge fan of the President, I voted for him both times but it was more because I disliked both Gore and Kerry than because I thought Bush was anything great.
I was a political science major, I'm not without knowledge. I'm an aware Republican whose favourite President of all is Harry S Truman. I have a hard time feeling any sort of connection to the representatives of my party, it's time for the Republicans to come into the modern age and accept the empirical over the normative and learn to deal with it.
I'm tired of the evil-eyed stares and comments I get. I have many many friends who are Democrat, Liberal, Socialist, Green, you name it. It's alright if we disagree but the second I say Republican all of a sudden I'm this evil thing who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, wants to remove all civil liberties from people, is a war mongering hate machine and who eats babies every other Friday at midnight.
It bothers me that in my age range of 35-40, I can't identify on Republican I can relate to or who I could get behind in a campaign and support. I live in the real world. Abortion is not going anywhere, kids are having sex and doing drugs, families are devolving, schools are in trouble, too many people don't have healthcare, I support stem cell research, etc. I would trade a kidney to find one Republican with a like mind. That was a big thing that turned me off Kerry, he was beyond disingenuous with his claims to being of the common folk and understanding their issues. Not that Bush does either for the most part but I recall a clip of Bush sitting in a firehouse in NY city eating pizza and drinking a beer and instantly thinking that Kerry would look ridiculous in the same position.
My party loyalty is tenuous at best. I could easily be swayed if the candidate was right, I'm more concerned with issues than party lines. There's an election coming up and I see no standout candidates on either side and yes, it worries me.
GW Bush is not the root of the problems in America, neither is Bill Clinton. Republicans are not the bad guys, Democrats are not the voice of the people. We need a new party, a mixing of all that is good in the Democrats and Republicans brought together. I'll just keep dreaming there, ok?
In the meantime, stop attacking me because I am a Republican and I'm not ashamed of it. Of some of the members in my party and their actions, yes but of the party itself, no. Neither side is doing anything to help America.
No, I'm not turning this blog into an all-issue blog. I'll leave that to the legends and be happy alternating between quizzes, self reflecting and issues. I'm just so damn tired of biting my tongue because I know when I say what I want to say, instead of discourse on the issue, it will be instant condemnation of my Republicanism and nothing else.
Hello, my name is WebKittyn and I'm a Republican. Deal with it.
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