Good OP. I can actually buy in to the ideas of smaller government, lower taxes, and a somewhat minimalist social safety net (though I would like catastrophic health coverage for all, as well as a safety net for the elderly such as SS). I'm only a Democrat because Republicans are idiots.
Just freaking idiots. I hate that we have this giant stupid beast we have to constantly beat back with a stick.
The reason Republicans do so well on the state level is because of people like me. On local issues they have the room to be less idiotic and more practical in their application of conservative government. There is no ideological purity when it comes to the new 520 bridge.
In recent years I've come to not even be able to vote for them at the state level, though, because they've got to be stupid to associate themselves with that party. And they are probably going to do stupid things because they have their own career in mind nationally (why I voted against Rob McKenna). Example: is my Republican governor going to turn down a bunch of free federal Medicaid money so he can have a Sunday show talking point?
Just freaking idiots. I hate that we have this giant stupid beast we have to constantly beat back with a stick.
The reason Republicans do so well on the state level is because of people like me. On local issues they have the room to be less idiotic and more practical in their application of conservative government. There is no ideological purity when it comes to the new 520 bridge.
In recent years I've come to not even be able to vote for them at the state level, though, because they've got to be stupid to associate themselves with that party. And they are probably going to do stupid things because they have their own career in mind nationally (why I voted against Rob McKenna). Example: is my Republican governor going to turn down a bunch of free federal Medicaid money so he can have a Sunday show talking point?
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