Easter Will Always Remind Me Of GOP Interference In Terri Schiavo Case

Just about four years ago, there was a major event that changed the GOP forever. In an attempt to appeal to far right social conservatives in the Republican Party, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and President George W. Bush decided to use the US government to overturn the State of Florida's legal right through their court system to allow Terri Schaivo to die with dignity. For me, Easter 2005 will always be the time when I decided that the GOP was no longer the party for me and slowly over the past four years I have moved away from the modern day GOP for good.

I first became a Republican in high school as Ronald Reagan was beginning his fight to bring conservative principles back to the Republican Party. While I still believe in the principles that President Reagan fought for, the new GOP that is lead mainly by social conservatives does not represent the party that I feel in love with decades ago. Instead, modern day Republican Party leaders more resemble TV evangelists than as politicians that want smaller government and lower taxes.

During the 2008 presidential election, I discovered that not only did I feel negatively toward the current leaders of the GOP, but millions of other former Republicans did as well because Barack Obama won last years election in a landslide. For me, the Terri Schiavo Case back in 2005 cause me to rethink my Republican thinking and since that time I have not found any GOP leader that has caused me to want to return to the 'Grand Old Party'.

Title: Easter Will Always Remind Me Of GOP Interference In Terri Schiavo Case
Written: April 01, 2009
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