Big government "conservatism"...

I am trying to put my finger on when and/or why the Republican party became supporters and proponents of expanding the size of the federal government.

It has become clear that concept of States rights is not a part of the Republican platform, but rather a strategy of the minority party in Congress. Even Justice Scalia voted against State's rights in a recent medical marijuana case heard by the Supremes.

I suppose that the reason the Republicans shifted to favoring bigger government is that the left was able to further its agenda through ever increasing federalization of land, policy making, and funding appropriations. Since the left was able to advance and hold power for many years by using the federal government to implement their marxist philosophies.

However, the GOP does not seem to realize that there really are still Americans who want the United States to operate as 50 separate republics, known as States, which agree to cede certain limited and specifically enumerated powers to the federal government without creating a womb to tomb nanny state.

I am praying that a real patriot like Alabama Chief Justice Judge Roy Moore gets the GOP nomination in 2008.