I feel sorry for the Republican party
it's as if they thought they were getting involved
with a lovely woman
who understood them and made them feel
young and energetic again
but the next day
when they realize the mistake they've made
she's put the bunny in to boil
The liaison with the Religious Right really was a fatal attraction
in so many ways
so there's the Republican Party
stuck
they've driven away
so many rational supporters of their cause
that all they're left with
is the rabid residue
but I know there are rational Republicans out there
you know who you are
you're hoping that the party will put someone up
that will court the favor of the religious right
but who won't actually deliver on the promise
you're praying for a politician - in the worst sense of the word
you're hoping for a hypocrite
one who'll act normal again when you get him into office.
here's the problem
you're running out of hypocrites
meanwhile
here's the left
and we're banding together
yes
out of fear of the sincerity of Santorum
and we're making a difference
admit it
you know who you are
you're thinking about -- GASP -- voting for Obama
because your party has betrayed you.
but has it?
has it betrayed you?
or did you abandon in?
ok -- so -- I'm here to tell you
it's not too .late
stand up and be heard
March
decry those who despoil your party
denounce those who have dragged
what you believe in through the mud.
find yourself the last normal Repbulican
and get behind him
no
NOT Ron Paul
Geez -- really guys? Ron Paul????
no
find yourself a fiscally conservative Republican
who is brave enough to say
NO
We don't want government in our business
not in our bodies
not in our churches
not in our day to day lives
use the same power
that we in the left are using
and do something powerful with it.
Now -- friends of mine are wondering
why in the world would she argue for this?
is she nuts?
I guess it's just
that I would love to see
our country
be the great place it should be
where men and women
are free
to be conservative
without being a bigot
to be small government
without limiting the rights of her people
Reasonable Rational Republicans must exist somewhere
and if you do exist
come out and do something
about the psychos ruining your party
or give it up
and come join us here on the left
we have cookies.
lol -- wrong blog -- but that's ok -- it can stay here.
ReplyDeletefor those who are connected with me in my vanilla life please do not forward
if you're only in my not so vanilla life -it's ok by me.
Okay, I'm curious about why you don't want it forwarded...
ReplyDeletelol - it was meant for the other blog - if my cross over friends forward it on FB -- it would draw a connection between my two lives.
ReplyDeleteI have a distinctive writing style -- it wouldn't take much to connect the two.
Perk!! cookies? really?
ReplyDeleteWell said by the way, being a life long republican (de-capitalized on purpose) these are not my kind of republicans.
Thank you David -- they're not my type either -- I'm sort of sad for the rest of the party
Deleteeven my Dad is planning to vote Dem -- apparently hell has frozen over.
Yup-yup - very well put.
ReplyDeletethank you gg -- a bit off blog but hey....
Deletethis was brilliantly said.
ReplyDeletehave you seen the graphic about how the moderates of both parties have shrunk so significantly over the last 2 presidents? It's frightening that there are almost none.
nilla
it seems so strange to me -- because I think there are so many moderates -- myself included -- who just feel like we have to pick one of the other
Deleteand I guess you know what I picked.
sfp
Really good post. It's a shame people have to hide: I stripped all the music and religious/ethical stuff out of my old blog, and forced myself not to talk about any of that. Of course it weakens the persona.
ReplyDeleteMy grasp of US politics is extremely weak. If the Republican/Democrat split is about the size and power of the state, then couldn't you logically have a "left-wing" republican? After all, the state is just the organised form of the oppressing class.
PL
PL
DeleteLogically -- yes -- you could have a left wing republican
but the party has been hijacked by religious fanatics -- who have pushed out the moderate republicans and leading us to debate social issues settled decades ago.
it's a sad and volatile world we live in today
sfp
Omega is a republican. While we agree on fiscal responsibility he had a hard time understanding why she wasn't a republican...
ReplyDeleteDuh
Atheist
Believes in gay rights
Women's rights
Environmental issues
Yeah...did he really think they'd want mouse???
Hugs,
mouse
I can't imagine Omega is very happy with is choices this year -- perhaps we can sway his vote too?
Deletesfp
LOL - i wondered why this was here. Too bad, it's a great post. Well, it's a great post here too. lol...
ReplyDeletehugs,
aisha
@Aisha - -Yeah -- I was super irritated at myself for putting it up on the wrong blog -- because I think it's one of my better ones
ReplyDeletebut who knows
different audience -- maybe that's ok
sfp