Reply #3: There are moderate Republicans out there... [View All]

... but you have to look. Below is something that one of them posted on my web site. I found it to be very encouraging:

Darryl, I encourage you to seek Republicans who "will continue to fight the good fight for humanity" as you suggest good Democrats and Liberals will do. There are plenty of us good Republicans out there. Not all of us subscribe to Bush's idea of compassionate conservativism as embodied in Alberto Gonzales' memo on torture. Not all of us believe that the United Nations is a completely inept institution. Not all of us are picking up weapons to fight in the pathetic culture war the neoconservatives are waging against our gay, unemployed, or immigrant brothers and sisters.

Sadly, all Republicans are being classified as uneducated buffoons who use Jesus Christ and the bible as their shield. Just as there are many flavors of Democrats, so too are there many varieties of Republican--pro-choice, feminist, gay. What keeps us in the Republican party is the notion that the power of the individual creates more hopeful opportunities than the power of the state. As someone whose family fled Socialist Poland, I would certainly hate for the government, particularly the one that is emerging in the United States, to take command of my life.

Thank you for initiating such an important discussion. Keep up the good work.