[quote name='mykevermin']That's the thing: most people who identify as "Republican," I feel, are really, truly, honestly, nothing like Republicans. They're Libertarians who are disenfranchised by the idiocy of the Libertarian party.
It's the party who picks the bottom-of-the-barrel, least-known, mostly unexperienced, nobody
in' candidates available and runs them for President every four years, while condescending prats who act like they know better sneer down at "D" and "R" voters. It's like listening to the crust punk have a laugh at the plebeian tastes of a "Green Day" fan; they obviously are superior because they listen to Severed Head of State, or some similarly unknown band that have sold a collective 76 albums. "I favor more unknown guys, so I must know better."
Libertarians are like record-store employee-style dicks.
Their second worst offense is that they are wholly uninterested in grassroots elections. They don't work at getting involved in councils, as mayors, as governors, as state representatives. They have zero foothold in this nation's political institutions and parade out another loser now that it's an election year.
Their worst offense? They have good ideas. They really resemble the collective "Oh, I don't know...you're from the government? Leave me the
alone, then!" attitude of people who vote conservative. But they actually live on it. They wouldn't stand for budget deficits like the Republicans have given us for the past quarter century. They wouldn't warrantless wiretap on us. They wouldn't have produced Guantanamo Bay. They wouldn't have killed habeas corpus. They wouldn't outlaw any kind of marriage.
So their worst offense is that they save themselves for the big election they're never going to win precisely because they have no foundation in low-level American politics. A few here and there, but nothing relevant and nothing consistent. They're the athletic equivalent of someone who thinks they're going to race in, complete, and take first place in the Boston Marathon...and spends the two years training on a strict diet of Hostess Cakes and Camel Cigarettes.
Most modern Republicans would split from the white supremacists that make up the bulk of the "true" Republican party, render them irrelevant, and become registered Libertarians. Honest to
in' God. First things first, the Libertarian party has to start somewhere other than the top, because they don't deserve to start there, and it's just a waste of
in' funds for them currently anyway. There will NEVER be enough frustration among the public to elect the (L). Not until they have a legacy at all levels of the American political system.
Honestly. The Libertarian Party could send the Repblican Party the way of the Whigs if they tried something other than the 4-year idiot ritual they continue to perform.
end rant.[/quote]
That's a pretty interesting take on things. I don't feel like I know enough to seriously comment on the Libertarian party, so I won't try.
There are a lot of great republicans out there with great ideas, so hopefully they won't be lumped in with the racists, bible thumpers, and rednecks who have been so loud within the party.
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