I came up with this blog post as a response to another blogger's question. Why am I a Republican? I am a Republican daughter of many generations of Democrats. My parents, grandparents and those before them all believed much as I do. Real Christian Conservatives every one of them who continue to refer to themselves as Democrats.....
I think both parties have left behind many of the ideals that we who follow them believe in. As a Christian Conservative, the Republican party with it's family values works best for me even though I don't agree with many of those on the far right of our party any more than I do with ANY of those on the far left.
I wish all of our elected officials in Washington would decide to work together and meet somewhere in the middle on ideas that are for the good of the country. I'm sure there are a lot of good ideas coming from both sides of the aisle if only they would stop playing politics and listen to one another. Too many times, our political leaders are working just for their own political gain and not for the good of us, the hard working, American tax payer.
I have worked very hard for what I have and do not believe in subsidizing those who have not because they have worked not..... An honest days pay for an honest days work is what I live by.
I'm all for less government and more freedom for workers and for small business owners such as my husband and myself. I'm with "Joe the Plumber" in that I do not buy into Obama and the Democrat leadership's "spread the wealth policies" that seem to border on socialism.
My husband and I own two small businesses and have survived bad and good times in almost 30 years now in business for ourselves. We've been knocked down time and again only to pick our own selves up without a handout from anyone.
We got back on our feet by tightening our belts, going without salaries for ourselves when we had to, borrowing money to operate on until times got better and then struggling to pay those "lean time" loans back as times got better for us and our businesses. The party that best represents this kind of work ethic for me is the Republican Party.
Hard working Middle Americans like my husband and myself don't have time to worry about most of the things that appeal most to the far right or the far left. We are too busy working. trying to keep our heads above water in this sinking economy to fight far right or far left battles, most of which are things we believe the government should stay out of in the first place!
God Bless America!!
