Originally Posted by cykoe6

Unfortunately neither party protects individual rights. This is hardly a new development in either party. Reagan's drug wars were a huge catalyst for a massive expansion of federal police state powers and those powers have continued to expand under Clinton and both Bushs. However given the the current order there is no doubt the Republicans are the lesser of two evils. As much as I hate fundamentalist Christians and their ridiculous moralizing and meddling I hate big government socialists like Obama even worse.

I would of course prefer that the government left me alone but if I had to choose between a few Christian busybodies ranting about gay marriage or a bunch of Marxists looking to confiscate my money while denying me the right to defend myself or speak freely then I think the choice is pretty simple.