| steven787 said: George Wills is conservative, but has been endorsing Dems for a while (since 2006?) because the Dems ARE the conservative party. In the past 20 years, they have voted for less spending, more freedom, and mix of traditional foreign policy as opposed to crazy neocon fp that has taken over the republican party. Despite all the democratic talk of social programs and republican talk of free markets, neither acts on their promises (minus a handful of examples). |
I may disagree with many of the Democrats’ proposed policies, but they at least have some principle and stay true to their platform. They do favor increasing the size of government, but they also seem to prefer balanced budgets. I may disagree with how they balance the budget (increasing taxes instead of spending cuts), but they delivered on their promises and passed the Budget Reduction Act of 93. The Republicans are in dire straits because they abandoned their principles. They now favor an aggressive foreign policy that is detrimental to the US. Since when did advocating torture (McCain did not) and denying prisoners their day in court become sound policies? Why do we preach about small government and less regulation only to flip-flop and increase the size of the government exponentially? When did a balanced budget become cutting taxes whilst increasing spending? When did reducing the government’s role in education become passing the NCLB Act? I am sorry to rant, but the GOP is dead to me and I sometime need to vent about it.
