Thirty years ago, I became a political activist for Beyond War and fought to reduce nuclear proliferation. I joined an organic food coop, used alternative medicine and registered as a good Democrat. Today, I own an organic farm, practice as a holistic nutritionist, continue to talk about reducing the number of military bases around the world and I am a registered Republican. When I tell my friends that I no longer support the Democratic Party, they all understand. Many of them are registered Unaffiliated or Libertarian. They have noticed the same things that I have. The local community supported organic farm is under attack and over-regulated, Democrats in the State House vote against alternative medicine, our property taxes go to support GMO sugar beets, and people with Ron Paul stickers on their bumpers are labeled as domestic terrorists. But when I come out of the proverbial closet to tell my friends I am a red elephant, they choke on their lattes. What happened? So many things have changed since 1976, but there seems to be a revolution going on. Conservative commentators George Will and Matthew Dowd are predicting a Ron Paul win in Iowa and New Hampshire. FOX News Sunday chose a sustainable farmer as the Power Player of the Week. And progressive-thinking John Stewart of the Daily Show questions his support for the liberal in the White House. If you agree with Stewart and I, look me up. You might be a Blue Republican.
Ellyn Hilliard
The new Vice Chair of the Boulder County Republican Party
Longmont
While I agree that Democratic leaders have caved in to special interests and are, in many cases as bad as their Republican colleagues, I find it hard to believe and very sad that someone as "smart" as Ellyn would be so confused as to what the real problem is. Our federal and state governments are now under the complete control of a small number of incredibly wealthy special interests. When Ellyn points out that some Democrats have voted against alternative medicine, I wonder why she doesn't point out the unanimous Republican opposition to alternative medicine. At least there are still a few good democrats in gov't. The Libertarian agenda would eliminate much of what the American people have fought for and achieved over the last century. Ron Paul's foreign policy is great but I'm sorry, anyone who bases there ideology on a cult created in the modern era scares me. I'm so sick of wealthy Libertarians thinking they know what's right for this country. Gov't is not the problem!!!! It's an incredibly complex world. I, for one, prefer to have elected officials at least attempting to regulate the private sector, sometimes good sometimes bad. We need to focus on repealing corporate personhood and campaign finance reform…let's get gov't working again instead of making the call to eliminate it. People who hate gov't should not be allowed to govern.!! Ellyn, have you looked at the Republican party lately…..really, aside from Ron Paul and couple good ole' Eisenhower Republicans who are marginalized by the mainstream media, can you really support their agenda? You are confused….but at least you're engaged.
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