Why We Are Fleeing: Conservatives and Today's Republican Party

I am loyal to truth, and little else. What is true of today's Republican Party leaders is that they are anti-intellectual, cynical, distasteful things that exploit the lesser educated for political gain. They are driven by political ambition, not by values. They decry nuance. They denigrate intellectual honesty. They proclaim criticism as unpatriotic.

Now they attack Sen. Barack Obama for criticizing our nation's deplorable foreign policy. The laughable and dangerous Sarah Palin, who is the epitome of the Republican Party's anti-intellectualism and cynicism, has claimed that Obama doesn't see America as "you or I see America" because he has been critical of Bush's unforgivable foreign policy. This is distasteful? A person who refuses to acknowledge his irresponsible eating habits that endanger his health sees himself differently than his doctor. We are now mired in two wars in which the top commanders involved repeatedly acknowledge that we are nowhere near "victory," further stating that we may not ever get to use the term. Yet Republicans like Senator Lindsey Graham and especially McCain criticize Senator Obama for not declaring victory and accuse him of not understanding foreign policy. They are willing to sacrifice everything, including American soldiers and American citizens, in order to advance their political careers. They should be tried for treason.

This is why true conservatives are fleeing the GOP, as fast as the GOP has sacrificed its integrity.