Fear and Loathing in the Republican Party

"Once upon a time, long long ago, if you were in the military, you were a Republican by default. When I first joined the Navy, the Democrats sort of had an image problem as being a bunch of mealy-mouthed wimps looking to take away the right to bear arms and use taxpayer dollars to seduce vivacious looking young women while roasting an American flag. Clinton totally "gutting" the military in the 90s and getting weird with the large and in-charge Monica Lewinsky helped fuel this perception. In those days, the only reason I voted Libertarian was because of GOP support for the ill-advised drug war, but I pretty much told acquantices at the time I was a Republican, because I was too damn lazy to explain the need for third parties in America. My line of thinking was pretty similar to what you would hear on right-wing radio pre-9/11 & pre-Bush. I saw the Republicans as the bastions of limited federal spending, individual rights, and a bad-ass national defense apparatus."
LT Nixon Rants

The Bush that burned down the republican party. I cant say I'm not happy to see it burn. It's just that right now, I am more interested in watching us build something as opposed to watching it burn to the ground.

Maybe they will rescue something useful from the ashes.