I can't blame folks completely because I look at myself. Was always left of center but you know I never really got nixons administration till I was much older. Did not like reagan but particular republican canidates appeared and even showed enough sincerity and character to vote for over a democrat. I did not vote for bush senior but I mark him the best republican president of my lifetime just behind the worst democrat. They just kept getting worse and worse and once I learned more about nixon I realized how its been this declining direction but it was not till the millenium that that they became not an option regardless. Basicly for me they could be an option in the 80's (although on hindsite I just did not know better), then by late 90's it was like ok not an option on the federal leve and then as the millenium progressed it went down and down from state to local to like school board it being unacceptable. Now I see the whole party as just having to go. 100% completely. Conservatives need to go make a new party and get back to values beside lower taxes and regulation and eff everything else. Need to care about deficits and even raise taxes to be fiscally responsible and channel some roosevelt progressive conservatism and remember lincoln and having some basic decency. The gop and republican are poisoned names and philosophies at this point and even libertarians have failed to follow their ideals enough to take over.

These type of bs coments are so annoying. Countries do not exclusively have treaties with other countries they like and the large majority of democracies can be said to be liberal democracies so its the type of thing that can be slanted to whatever the arguer wants.