As Rational Reasoned Individuals Leave the Conservative Movement... GOP Bears Responsibilty
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Reuters I used to proudly call myself an independent conservative. Back when conservatives actually offered a cohesive, rational, and defensible national agenda directed at making America better. Somehow, don't ask me how the Republican party has managed to cause many intelligent and capable individuals who supported conservatism and the Republican party to look for other alternatives. Sadly it appears the party "brass" is either 1) incapable of, or 2) unwilling to recognize what it needs to change within the party to bring the many who have left it, as well as the conservative movement back to the fold. Federal Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner, a Reagan appointee has described how the current Republican party has in fact made him less conservative. NPR - Judge Richard Posner, a conservative on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, has long been one of the nation's most respected ...