Why I’m Not a Republican

I used to identify with the Republicans, especially in the area of fiscal policy. It has always been easy to criticize the GOP’s apparent preference for using military means to accomplish international objectives, but one at least had to admire their resistance to big, intrusive government and their insistence on balancing budgets (in everything except military spending) . Naturally, that has changed (all except the military part).

Since GWB took office, we’ve seen evidence that the only thing holding (some) Republicans back from creating an oppressive, militarized, almost unimaginably expensive Orwellian state was the means by which to do so. As soon as they got the means, they got busy building one.

And it has become obvious that Republicans (at least those in charge for 8+ years) have a fundamental difficulty understanding the difference between “doing what is good for business” and “doing what businesses ask.” They’re not the same thing, people

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