Writing this and actually putting this on paper makes me feel like I am betraying a family bond, or even my religion for that matter. Ronald Reagan once famously said "I did not leave the democratic party, the democratic party left me." I feel that the same has happened to the party that I once knew. (The GOP)
Conservative (by definition) is to preserve existing conditions, but it also is defined as being moderately cautious and by todays standards I do NOT find any side (right, or left) even attempting to be moderate. Today is October 10th, 2011 Columbus Day. The day when the "New World" was discovered; in this new world promise of new beginnings and religious freedom was around every corner. I can't imagine how beautiful this country was before the 405, i-95, 210, 610, i-75, (and who can forget the dreaded Jersey Turnpike) was all installed. My point is America, the Land of Tolerance has changed and become the land of the intolerant.
America no longer offers the right or freedom of being proud of who you are (unless you are a minority trying to obtain some kind of rights) but only promotes shame in personal beliefs. The media is a microphone only for those who have hate on their minds, and the school system is brainwashed into thinking Anarchy has a place in this country.
My point is, we've changed as Americans - The Melting Pot, has brewed a disgusting concoction of destruction. The Republican Nominee's have really opened my eyes this year, the party of Conservatives are acting as a party of Liberal Agenda. They two parties are the exact same (Republicans and Democrats) each spreading their own version of Hate and Bigotry and only further sending "We the people..." further and further into conflict and separation.
The Millennial Generation, a group of the most privileged and open minded generation to date, has the opportunity to take back this country. The "Occupy Wall Street" debacle is proof that yes, we need Change! We need something DIFFERENT...I think it is time for a third party to step up, to enter into the "Mainstream." Jesus Christ said, "I did not come to condemn the world, but to save it." So why do we condemn each other? Why do we vote for people who condemn? I leave the Republican Party sad, but I pray for change in time for me not to leave the Republic all together.
Martin Luther King Jr. once had a dream, a dream of equality, while the dogma of the time revolved around race, equality and respect of our fellow American is the furthest thought in existence...And I too, share in this dream: "For respect and tolerance for all Americans, and when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, Mormons, and Muslims, gays and straights will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
