TW: I have numerous problems with the Republican Party but the excerpt below reflects one of my core problems with the party. I do not necessarilly oppose efforts to constrain the role of government in many areas. However, one of the fundamental perversions of small government, in my opinion, is the right-wing social conservatives' effort to intrude government into our private lifes.
From the Economist:
"Others, your [Economist] blogger included, might wish to blame social conservatives for perverting what had been a small-government movement. The attempted nationalisation of Terry Schiavo's brain stem was an astonishing extension of federal power into private life. Advocacy against stem-cell research confirmed for many the left's accusation that the pro-life movement is exclusively pro-fetus or, at best, simply anti-death. If small-government types had ever been as numerous and sincere as claimed, they would have blocked social conservatives, with their intrusive policy positions, instead of sharing the movement."
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/11/conservatives_neoconservatives.cfm
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