[quote=sdgrrl]It is only because conservatism has lost its true way, that I have turned away. Once conservatism changed from meaning small government to mean conservative morals…that’s when I realized the party I used to support had changed.
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[quote=jficquette]
The Repubican Party started in a noble fashion and continued as a noble party until it got taken over by the religous nuts about 10 years ago.

Goldwater warned against the religous right and said that if they ever take over the Republican Party then you can kiss politics goodbye.
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Wow, I agree with both sdgrrl *and* john…am I in a parallel universe?

If the Republicans would just return to sound financial policies (aka balanced budget), strong military policies and drop all their social issue stances (abortion, religion, gay rights) then I could potentially be a Republican instead of the Dem-leaning Independent that I currently am.

But that will never happen, as the Republicans fear losing their fanatical Christian base would mean they wouldn’t be able to muster enough votes to win anything.

Republican party, listen up: there are many more like me out there (I know, I run into them all the time) that could potentially replace the Christians you lose from your base. Please give it some serious consideration.

One more point: The percentage of the US that is Christian has been dropping for some time now (see the Pew studies)…it is probably a good time to re-evaluate the Republican’s current strategy.