Warning to “Moderate” Republicans

Terri Shiavo’s sad condition and subsequent intervention into it by the federal government (at the behest of the Republican leadership), should be extremely illustrative of what has become of the Republican party — and an indication of what faction of the social-conservative movement has taken control of that pary. Any moderate Republican, concerned with limited government, should be paying close attention at how social/cultural issues are being used by the social-conservative faction that’s at the helm of the Republican party to advance a narrow social agenda. Ladies and gentleman, what this faction of the Republican party is really after is imposing and codefying their brand of “morality” on us — and, to do so, the social-conservative wing of the Republican party is willing to enlist the full-weight of the federal government on its behalf; thus abandoning any long-held pretense of being the party of state rights and of limited government. If we — the citizens of this country — are not careful, we may very well see a federal government that is permitted into our bedrooms (i.e.,”Gay marriage”), is able to use surveillance on its citizens (i.e., expanded “Patriot Act”) and, now, it seems, the federal government is being urged to intervene into what should be a private of decisions — all because a certain faction within the Republican party deems it expedient to do so in support of their agenda and of ther base.

Again, I sincerely hope that so-called moderates everywhere are paying close attention to this case… because there’ll be more like it if we permit it.