Tomorrow is officially my last day as a Republican. The Florida primary is upon us and in an effort to get Ron Paul elected, I have allowed the Republican Party to count me as one of their members in my home state. Now don’t get me wrong, I gave it my all and tried to make the GOP a party I could be proud to be a member of but in the end, I came to the realization that my attempts at taming one half of the two-headed leviathan was futile. I’m not going to rehash all my points on trying to change the party, as I already covered that in “The Self-Destruction of the Republican Party“. I just figured I’d give a few parting words to a political party that I had hoped would one day see the light once more but will probably just continue to dissolve into a shell of what it used to be.

True conservatism isn’t dead and it probably won’t ever die, however the word “conservatism” like the word “liberalism” – before it, has been bastardized so badly that the world now views it as something completely different than what it once was. Gone are the days of real fiscal responsibility and truly free markets. Conservatism today is represented by people that are similar in mind to every candidate that has run on the Republican side of the 2012 presidential race that isn’t named Paul or Johnson. The reality of the situation is that the libertarian guys who these conservatives deem “crazy” are the only true conservatives near the top of this shit heap. Truthfully, “libertarian” is a good name to call Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and myself, as the conservative label is damn near embarrassing to wear these days. Maybe we should just stop using these labels altogether as they all eventually take on a life of their own and get away from what they were intended to stand for.

I’ve supported the Libertarian Party more than any other party the last few years and in that, I’ve met and been associated with some great like-minded individuals who have helped keep me sane through this ongoing political shit show. I like the party and what it stands for and they closely mirror my political ideology. However, I’m unsure if I am going to officially register as a Libertarian Party member or just stay completely independent. The truth is, even though I agree with the LP, I just can’t swallow the whole political system anymore. There are really just two parties and even though others exist, the system has been designed to keep the big two in power while keeping the others underwater with a big boot on their head.

I’d like to think that through hard work, education and awareness the Libertarian Party would be able to get enough people involved in their cause to make a serious impact and thus, change the two-party system. I just don’t think that they can. I don’t want to be a naysayer but the system itself is fucked and the nation’s biggest third party can’t do anything to stop that. I wish that they could, I really do, but reality is a hard bitter pill to swallow and no matter how I look at it, I just don’t see it happening. This doesn’t mean that I won’t keep working with the Libertarian Party, in an effort to fight the bastards who hold them down, but I can’t wholeheartedly put all of my eggs in that basket in hopes that bright Americans will finally see the light and shift towards a real liberty and a truly pro-Constitution mindset. By that I mean, not some half-assed bullshit like the Tea Party, who preached these things and then allowed themselves to be co-opted by the establishment.

I think it’s time for a real change that doesn’t consist of looking for some weak third-party solution that will just never be able to compete. I think that we should strive to have a system of no parties whatsoever. I mean, political parties are the real problem, so why turn to another party? I say fuck all that! The only political party any of us should support is No Party!

I’d prefer there to be no Democrats, no Republicans and really no one else to replace them. I want to live in a country where we aren’t just given two choices: left or right. If I am only given a choice between Chinese and Mexican for dinner, I should be able to say, “Fuck that I want Italian!” Hell, maybe my girlfriend wants Greek and I have one friend that wants Thai and another that wants Indian. Why should all of us be limited by just two boring ass choices again and again. Aren’t we tired of swallowing Republican and Democratic bullshit every night of the week?! We need more choices, real choices!

In a perfect world, I’d like there to be no political parties whatsoever. I want candidates who run as individuals and on a level playing field. Hell, we can even get all reality show about it and put twenty different candidates in a house where they have to go through tests and prove themselves in an effort to gain your vote. However, instead of voting for who we want to be president every week, we’d all vote one person off until we narrowed it down to four candidates. This way, the final four should be candidates that the majority of the population are okay with, as the majority didn’t vote any of them off. We would then take those four candidates and put them in intense head-to-head round robin debates. Every candidate gets to debate every other candidate one-on-one. After those are done, we’d have a big debate with all four. When that’s all said and done, we vote. The magic of that is, we can still write-in any of the other candidates who were eliminated. As crazy as this sounds, it’s got to be more efficient and better than this crap ass system we have now. Maybe the reality show element would get more people to tune in and thus, people would become more educated on the issues and what our leaders had to say.

While I believe that the office of president needs to be treated with respect and I’m not a fan of Hollywood politics it’s the Republicans, the Democrats and the mainstream media that feed us this Hollywood crap every chance that they get. They try to build rockstars out of these people and the debates aren’t any better than some shit reality dating show. Hell, Fox News spends more time fluffing Donald Trump’s cock than they give airtime to Ron Paul: a serious candidate. It’s all unfortunate and it’s all bullshit. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I invested as much time as I have in tracking this whole process. Over the last year, watching and writing about every debate and critiquing every candidate, every step of the way, has educated me on this two-party political charade in a way that I couldn’t previously imagine.

I’m done toeing any party’s line! I’m just one man but I am going to vote for who best represents what I believe, regardless of affiliation. You should do the same. Hell, we should all rise up and combat this broken system because no one will fix it if we don’t show the world how damaged it is. My solution might not be the best but it’s something. There are smarter men than I who can ponder this problem and try to solve it. However, until we do, expect us to continue down the path of madness.

Vote No Party!