I Am a Republican Because

Republican National Hispanic Assembly ^ | 2008

[An American!]

"....My fellow imimgrants...my fellow Americans...how do you know if you are a Republican...I will tell you how...if you believe the governement should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government...then you are a Republican." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2004 Republican National Convention Address (Full Speech   Partial)

I am a Republican because...

I believe the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.

I believe in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.

I believe free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.

I believe government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.

I believe the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and that the best government is that which governs the least.

I believe the most effective, responsible and responsive government is the government closest to the people.

I believe Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing times.

I believe Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom, and human rights throughout the world.

[Old Sarge]

You misunderstood the line.

The standard FReeper reply refers to how there IS no definition of “conservative” that everyone agrees upon. Usually, it reults in name-calling and trying to out-right-wing the person you’re dissing. And it’s a reflection on how conservatives will never unite under one banner again.

No reflection on you, personally.

[calex59]

Make that 3 of us!

[roostercogburn]

I am a republican because I agree with this statement:

Government is supposed to protect us from each other, it is never supposed to protect us from ourselves.

Is this a Reagan quote?

[nufsed]

We need someone to lead the party.

[An American!]

Whoops...I did miss that...Thanks for the clarification. I just spent 10 minute re-reading the Davy Crockett account on Charity and Congress. Very appropriate in these days. But I fear we are too far gone. We are bailing out everyone in site. http://www.theadvocates.org/library/christian-crockett.html

[Randy Larsen]

That’s exactly what I did back in 2000!

I changed from dem to rep....Now I ‘m CONSERVATIVE only!

[org.whodat]

True!!

[Desron13]

"I will tell you how...if you believe the governement should be accountable to the people..."

I stopped right there. That makes you a Conservative, not a Republican. Today's Republican party has abandoned the original intent of this country. They have become the slow road to tyranny.

[aWolverine]

I am a Republican becasue I'm too lazy to start a real conservative alternative to the moderate sell-out organization I currently belong to.

If we don't go hard right, I'm gone.

Harsh truth ping.

[Silly]

I am a Republican because... well, just because!

[aWolverine]

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s claim to being a Republican is rather shaky right now.

I would think the credentials of being married to a Kennedy and kissing the hinder of Global Warming would have caused some doubt prior to the present.

[aWolverine]

I believe in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability or the lack thereof.

Seriously, I'm tired of taking it in the shorts because I'm not a minority, sexually deviant, too young or too old, or in any way disabled. Why am I always getting the short end so that someone else can get an artificial "leg up" on me? The biggest disadvantage in America today is not fitting into any particular victim group.

Shut up honky. Just keep working and paying taxes.

[aWolverine]

We need someone to lead the party.

Rush won't take the pay cut, and he uses words the Dems don't understand.

[An American!]

We need a modern day person(s) like Davy Crockett. I re-read his famous speech and story. (see link above)
To fix this...It will take starting out in the classrooms of our kids to raise a new generation of “right” thinking adults. How did we get here...relativism...being taught in the school. “There really is not right or wrong...everything is relative” It is being played out in CA right now on prop 8. We are in rapid decline and must begin the u-turn. Another place to start is with our booming Hispanic demographic.

[mysterio]

I think you meant conservative, not Republican.

[nufsed]

I’d settle for Ron Paul with a national defense policy transplant.

[aWolverine]

To fix this...It will take starting out in the classrooms of our kids to raise a new generation of “right” thinking adults.

The very idea of government schools with a non-local curriculum is ridiculous. No wonder the damned things have a body count. It's Lord of the Flies 9 months of the year, forever.

[aWolverine]

I’d settle for Ron Paul with a national defense policy transplant.

Strict Constitutionalist ping!

[EternalVigilance]

I Am formerly a Republican Because

The once grand old party abandoned its own, and America's, founding principles.

Time to build a principled party that truly belongs to conservatives:

[FreeAtlanta]

You are crazy?

sorry, I am still leaning toward the Constitution Party. I saw my first Constitution party bumper sticker this week.