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absinthe48 Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 8:26 AM

My mother always voted Republican, casting her first vote for Wendell Willkie in 1940. Her last vote -- and I know it, since I had to assist her -- was for Bush 43 in 2004. My father tended to vote Republican -- his first vote was also for Willkie, his last for Bush 43 -- but he was more skeptical than Mom of party loyalty. Dad said that the problem with Republicans was that they always caved in, usually for paltry remuneration. If you want to get something done, vote Democratic. If you distrust politicians and don't want to get anything done, then vote Republican and hope that one or two of them will be men of their word.

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ppotts Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 12:44 PM

my family and myself were democrats as far back as I remember. Just in the last couple years I got to looking at the democratic party and was apalled at the way they are not in touch with reality . It is very disturbing to look at a whole group of people who are no nasty, wicked and lacking in moral character that they will do anything to anybody, no matter how hateful to realize a profit for themselves personally. They are no longer a party of the working man who stands on family values and hard work to make his way, they are now a party of parasites and traitors. I became a republican because their ways seemed more like something I can relate to. I was too embarrassed by the democrats to even associate myself with them further.

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What is the Future of Conservatism?

I DON'T FALL IN LOVE with politicians – the last presidential candidate I voted for with ardor was Ronald Reagan in 1980 – and my heart doesn't break when those I support don't win. Nor am I a party loyalist. As a conservative I vote for Republicans more often than not; for those of us committed to free enterprise, limited government, military strength, and a healthy civil society, there is usually no better option. But the Republican Party isn't the conservative movement. And a GOP defeat doesn't mean conservatism – or the GOP, for that matter – is in crisis.

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