[madconservative]

Have you ever had a job where you were the reliable one who consistently delivered, and it led to you being crapped on while the boss pandered to the lazy to try to cajole a little work out of them, simply because he needed people? That's how I feel as a conservative in the republican party. They keep fighting for the middle and screwing me because they THINK I will vote for them regardless.

[for-q-clinton]

Have you ever had a job where you were the reliable one who consistently delivered, and it led to you being crapped on while the boss pandered to the lazy to try to cajole a little work out of them, simply because he needed people? That's how I feel as a conservative in the republican party. They keep fighting for the middle and screwing me because they THINK I will vote for them regardless.

Wow, great analogy. And yes, I've been the one of those workers most of my life. Eventually you just get fed up and leave or try to play lazy, which eats at your core because it's just not you. And since it's not "you" the boss knows it and then trys to get rid of you as a bad influence :-) Lucky for me the boss ends up leaving before me ;-)

[af_vet_rr]

Have you ever had a job where you were the reliable one who consistently delivered, and it led to you being crapped on while the boss pandered to the lazy to try to cajole a little work out of them, simply because he needed people? That's how I feel as a conservative in the republican party. They keep fighting for the middle and screwing me because they THINK I will vote for them regardless.

Umm, wow, you've summed up how I feel at times.

It's not that I've left the GOP after over three decades of voting, supporting, and volunteering for them, it's more like they've left me.

I haven't changed any of my beliefs, and yet I'm now considered to be the fringe right-wing of the party, whereas I used to be a part of the mainstream GOP.

The fact that more and more over the past few years, I've referred to the GOP as "they" or "them", has clued me in to things.