More on the big lie...

Over 60,000,000 people supposedly voted for George Bush last November in the Presidential election. I was one of them. It was my first-ever vote in a Presidential election, and likely my last vote for a Republican or Democrat for a long time to come.

Clearly the Democrat party has fallen from what it once was, namely a defender of minority rights and worker's protection, to a flagrantly in-your-face socialist movement.

However, most Americans fail to grasp the huge shift in the Republican party that has transpired from the days of Barry Goldwater's failed Presidential bid, through the Reagan years, and materializing into what the party is(not) today.

On the surface, Republicans claim to still support limited government, responsible fiscal policies, strong nationalism, and individual sovereignty, yet nothing could be further from the truth.

Consider this report about a recent outburst from America's supposedly "conservative" President:

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

“I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.”

“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”

“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”