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Originally Posted by politicophile
The new "Republican Party" that I would create is one that rigorously defends civil/religious liberties (repeals the USA PATRIOT Act, stops using the Oval Office as a Christian-promoting device), supports fiscal responsibility (constitutional amendment against deficit spending, shove "bridge to nowhere" up Ted Stevens' ass), respects the right to privacy (no restrictions on abortions performed before viability, minimal restrictions on late-term abortions, freedom to use marajuana recreationally, freedom to buy whatever sort of firearm you please, freedom to marry whomever you please, regardless of gender), and adopts a consistently reserved, but not isolationist, position in international relations (give enough funding to MI so that we know what the hell rogue regimes are doing, apply sanctions to all countries that fail to respect basic human rights, invade all countries that engage in genocide [that includes Rwanda and Sudan], no more ineffective and excessively indiscriminate bombings a la Kosovo and Iraq 1998).
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This actually almost exactly mirrors my views. I know quite a few people who vote Republican who have almost the exact same views as I do; the reason I vote Democrat is that I feel the Republican party has been almost completely overtaken by the same religious, socially conservative neo-cons that you were just speaking of. Almost all of my beliefs--smaller government, fiscal responsibility, stronger support of civil rights, etc. The problem is, the Republican party today supports
none of those.
I also agree with Lebell that I don't want to vote Libertarian because history has shown that businesses will do almost anything for that extra cent--and having regulations in place to prevent that is something I see as a necessity. We don't need a repeat of late 19th century business practices--and, contrary to the Libertarian belief, I don't think most people have the will or resources to fight back.