New Republican Slogan (proposed - by me)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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First off, let me point out that I’ve been a lifelong Republican and (mostly) practicing Christian (evangelical-style). I even voted for GWB. Twice. :smack:

The last few years, though, have found me growing weary of the two-headed aberration that has been spawned from the ill-advised coupling of Evangelical Christianity with the Republican Party. Politically, I still have little use for liberalism or the Democratic Party; rather, I’ve discovered that my leanings are becoming more and more Libertarian. Religiously, I’m drifting away from evangelical Christianity and toward the emerging church movement. Much of this, I think, is due to the fact that I share a house with a 60-ish man (about my father’s age) who is both a hardcore Republican and gung-ho evangelical Christian (he is the son of a Methodist minister) who clearly believes that “Praise Jesus” = “Go USA #1!” and I’m finding I just really don’t like what I see.

Anyway, I was listening to the 1987 Rush CD “Hold Your Fire”, and one line in the song Second Nature struck me as wonderfully appropriate for today’s Republican Party:

“We fight the fire while we’re feeding the flames!”

(full lyrics here)

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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The movement you linked to sounds intersting, and certainly an encouraging step away from dogmatic evangelism.

I’ve never registered with any political party, but I will say that the single thing which most deters me from considering GOP candidates anymore is the way the Republican party has been hijacked by the religious right. If any Republican candidate would have the balls to disavow the likes of James Dobson, my mind would become a lot more open.

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I prefer:

McSame '08

That’s OK, I wasn’t using my civil liberties anyway.

Two terms for Bush are 'way more than enough.