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My freedom-loving anarcho-capitalist friend Matt will love this: The man Barack Obama beat in 2004 70% to 27% appears ready to bolt from the GOP and carry the Constitution Party banner in this year's presidential election. Thanks to a little random Websurfing between homework assignments, I learned from The Catholic Knight ("putting the sword to the 'dictatorship of relativism!' Rozinante, onward!) that Alan Keyes has finally had enough of those dastardly big-government Republicans. Nothing is set in stone, but Dr. Keyes is planning a big live webcast tonight live from Pennsylvania at 7:30 (Central Time) to announce his intentions.
Boy, I hope that server doesn't crash under the massive Web traffic that show will draw.
So hey, all you conservatives whose best hopes were dashed by that dreadful centrist John McCain, now's your chance! Bolt with Keyes for the Constitution Party, voice of conservative truth and justice! And don't worry about splitting the GOP -- we Dems can handle majority status for you while you're gone. Tee hee!
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If that's not a comment-baiting post, I don't know what is! Alan Keys isn't any better than John McCain. Give me Harry Browne any day of the week...too bad he passed away. Even in his current state he'd still probably be a better president than any of the current candidates.
ReplyDeleteI wish my beloved G.O.P. would get off the gay marriage, abortion, and stem-cell nonsense, and get down to the real issues.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion the most critical issues we face today are national security, the economy, the war, health care, and the abominable rate at which we incarcerate people (in descending order of importance).
Maybe John McSane will steer us in a more reasonable direction. I hope so. But we have to elect him first. (Actually I was for Rudy Giuliani originally, but he sure blew it, didn't he?)
Funny, Stan -- you sound like you're where I was just a few years ago. I used to be GOP, until I realized the party wasn't standing for what it said it was. Free markets and individual liberty? The GOP gives us corporate welfare and the Department of Homeland Security. I realized (and I say this with a straight face) that Dennis Kucinich is a stronger, more consistent defender of my ability to exercise my rights as a citizen and active and equal participant in the economy than most Republicans.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Kucinich, I did some number crunching in regards to his health care plan compared with what I can expect under the current system as I age.
ReplyDeleteI was flabbergasted.
Maybe I'll put the math out for you next time you blog about that issue. But with the calculus book I'm writing right now, and the algebra book I'm proofreading, I might be so burned out that I can't even add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
I'm sticking with the G.O.P. for now, hoping that it can re-invent itself. That doesn't necessarily mean drifting toward the left; it does mean standing up for individual liberties, promoting entrepreneurship, and exercising fiscal restraint.