No Moderate Party

I recently received a newspaper editorial submitted by a Mary Ross of Cambria, California. It is brief, so well written and matches my own convictions, that I'm posting it here:

"Today's moderate Republican is facing an unfortunate truth: Their party is gone. Their party has been surrounded by an unreasonable fringe that has worked its way to the center.

If you are a middle-class American, to vote Republican today is to vote against your own best interests. You will vote for lower taxes on the obscenely wealthy while you will pay more for less. You will opt for destruction of programs which keep people in your income bracket afloat: Medicare, support for education, affordable health care for everyone, women's rights, to name just a few.

You will admit to believing the propaganda fed to you by those politicians, commentators, lawmakers and lobbyists bought and paid for by the rich who wish to remain so. You will respond to the waving flags, the patriotic oratory and the religious hyperbole without ever seeing the hypocrisy behind it all.

And sadly, you will consider yourself a good citizen in support of your country." 
---- Mary Ross, Cambria, CA

Also, let me interject that Mary's thoughts probably apply to many who consider themselves to be "independent" voters, but who lack the analytical skills to separate fact from fiction and dogma.
AlG