Leaving the Republican Party

As former Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) said, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me."

I feel the same way about the Republican Party. The first president I voted for was Ronald Reagan, and I remember how contemptuous I was toward President Carter at the time. My values-- belief in balanced budgets, integrity in our leaders and officials, small government, caution in foreign entanglements, and state control of education-- has not changed. What has changed is that the Republican Party now stands for massive deficit spending, dishonesty in our leaders and officials, large government, rash foreign entanglements, and federal control of education.

I didn't leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left me.