I’ve realized lately that most of what I read online has a pretty liberal slant to it. I think this is a problem, because I really do want a balanced viewpoint. And I’ve always thought that I agreed with a lot of conservative viewpoints – small government, low taxes, take care of the economy and it’ll take care of the rest . . .
So I’ve gone looking for some conservative websites so I could read some stuff from the intelligent conservatives. I know they’re out there, although clowns like Bill Frist and Ann Coulter seem to be pushing the good ones into the background.
I tried the National Review. Wow. I managed to read one article, which spoke of the Supreme Court decision that said that even captured terrorists have rights, and that was about all I could handle. The biggest problem was the blind support of our President.
For a little background – I turned 18 in 1996 and I voted for Bill Clinton, flush with pride at taking part in the democratic process. I didn’t really like Clinton by the end of his term – Hillary gives me the creeps, and if you’re going to get caught cheating, you should at least make the rest of us jealous. I voted for George W. Bush in 2000, mostly I think because Al Gore didn’t really seem to ever say anything. After four years of Bush, I started to think that Clinton wasn’t all that bad. I voted for John Kerry in 2004, not because I like Kerry (I voted for Dean in the primary – at least he seemed to give a crap), but because I was embarassed to have a president who seemed to want to turn the world into a Christian theocracy when no one was paying attention.
Anyway, back to the National Review. Or actually, not to the National Review. I’ll try another article or two, but I think I’m done with them. Where are the Republicans who say, “Whoa, these lunatics in power don’t speak for us.”? Where are the Republicans who say, “You can’t use 9/11 as an excuse to declare war and then expand the office of the President in the name of national security”? I need to find them. I think we’d get along.