Posted by
Bryan Beersworth on Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:09:17 PM
It is hard for me to write this. I come from good Republican stock, ventured into chthonic depths of college liberalism, was resurrected by reading Patrick Buchanan Right From the Beginning, and I reveled in the Reagan Revolution. Where has our party gone? Where are the ideas of Goldwater and Reagan, lower taxes, limited government, and personal freedom? Why have they been replaced with increased federal spending, new entitlement programs, and preemptive wars? As I become more and more disillusioned with the Republican party, I have searched for a new home, someplace where the common sense politics of Goldwater and Reagan reside. That most certainly is not the Democratic party. The "Nanny State" party who's leaders feel the need to tell us how to live, what to do with our money, and know so much better than the common man how we should live our lives, no they certainly have no answers for the problems that face America. As my search continues I find myself drawn to the Libertarian movement. Not the Ron Paul facile watered down Libertarian mantra, but the true Goldwater inspired conservative movement. The party that still believes in these famous words from Ronald Reagan, "...government is not the solution,,,it's the problem." I urge any readers of this, my first attempt to communicate politically (please excuse my verbal and written limitations), to visit some of the blogs I have listed. Particularly, Wayne Root's website, and ask yourself why are we limited to two political parties, when neither serve our needs, ideals, or ideology of limited government and personal responsibility.