What makes you Dem/Repub/Indep?

[patrick1]

I'm a Republican because I want to:
--abolish Social Security and Medicare;
--cut the size of the federal government in half;
--abolish federal judicial review of the Bill of Rights as it relates to the States;
--greatly increase the size of the State governments;
--keep our armed forces second to none;
--get federal government out of almost every domestic affair;
--and adopt a fair and simple tax.

The Republican party stands for none of these-save the armed forces part.  The rest they pay lip service to to get votes.  I am a Republican but you have to realize the hypocrisy within ones own party.

[patrick1]

To argue with Phillip's points above

The Republican party shouldn't and won't abolish Social Security or Medicare.  The programs are flawed but what is so wrong with ensuring that the aged aren't destitute or beholden to charity.
The federal gov't has grow under Republican admins.
I feel the fed should hold supremacy over states
Since when have states been beacons of fiscal discipline and responsibility.
I am for a stong defense and agree with large defense layouts.
Is Michael Powell a proponent of getting government out of domestic affairs? Gay marriage, drug laws, abortion rights.
A fair and simple tax- so Corporations can dodge taxes by having tax shelters in Bermuda.

Above, I am purely playing devils advocate.  I am a Republican and think that their ideas will make America better.  However, we do not have a monopoly on the truth and are hypocritical in some ways--  I believe less than the democrats.
Power corrupts and the Republicans in power have reneged on many of their "contracts".  However, I believe that were Dems in ofice spending, taxes etc would be worse.