Republican No More (Part 2)

Let us get right to the point... I could not disapprove more with George W. Bush!
He has made such a mess of things in so many levels.
It makes me really angry to hear the rest of the world trash the US because of the idiotic (just my humble opinion) foreign policy of one administration. This country has been very good to me and after 10 years, I guess I have earned the right to feel protective of it.

I was so relieved when I found out that I was not alone. I actually found a website called republicansagainstbush.com Pretty cool, I thought... But wait! Something weird started to happen. My strong dislike of the Republican president made me actually open my eyes and realize that everything is not either black or white. I actually started noticing that I did not agree with everything and anything Republican.
"What... It cannot be" "I must be wrong because surely they are not. Are they?"
Even worse... I started agreeing with a couple of points some Democrats were making. "Dear Lord, I have been living in the Bay Area for too long. Next thing I know, I will be in favor of gay civil unions. Hey, but I am in favor of gay civil unions!?!?"

Instead of running to the nearest Republican shirnk, I decided to accept the possibility of the world having shades of grey. I find myself now in a very intereting position. All politicians on both sides of the aisle will campaign to earn my support. Hey, I guess I am pretty special. I still agree on a lot of the conservative views (specially regarding economic policies and against unions). I favor the solution Democrats present on Immigration and about universal healthcare FOR CHILDREN. I am in favor of gun control and pro-life. I would love to see the Libertarian eduaction program in place where parents have absolute freedom about where they children will go to school. I could go on and on...

It has taken me a lot of time to be able to say out loud that I no longer consider myself Republican. I am a die-hard Independent. Ahh... that felt good!