My Political Philosophy

I admit it! I am a political junkie. Many days I can be found listening to Talk Radio, or reading a book like 'Slander' by Ann Coulter. In the past I was one of the most Conservative leaning people I knew. I would listen to Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy faithfully everyday. I believed that Rush was right. I thought every word that came out of his mouth was the gospel truth. However, over time my opinion on politics has changed greatly.

Now I still listen to talk radio and read political books, but they are becoming more and more liberal all the time. What was the reason for this change in my political views and ideology? I would have to say that it was George W. Bush that did me in. When his policies regarding Iraq and his grab for power at the expense of the Constitution after September the 11th started, I saw that what I held dear as an American was being compromised. I voted for John Kerry in the next election, and voted a pretty Democratic ticket in the last 2006 election and was so happy when the Democrats reclaimed the House and the Senate, knowing that this would help to put a check on King Georges grab for political power leading to an empire. We don't need to be an empire. We need to leave Iraq and let them solve their own problems. If they kill each other off in the process, it will be their business. It doesn't need to be our I strongly believe.