Too the core of my belief system if Individual Liberty – and ownership of all the responsibilities tied to it. I know it to be a natural law that a person can not truly be free and enjoy personal liberty until they can also own the responsibility for all of their actions.

The Republican party platform most closely matches my ideal.

The Republic

I believe in the Republican form of Government, as far as we have an involved and active electorate. It is imperative for us as voters to elect wise and intelligent people as our leaders and Representatives. We are a Republic because we vote in representatives to study the issues and make governmental decisions for us. People in a society do not (normally) have time to study issues that are facing our government. Our Representatives are able to study those issues, become educated on it and make a sound decision on our behalf.

The general public, although not stupid or uneducated, rarely knows much (if not any) of the various issue our elected Representatives deal with. When we elect people of strong and honorable character to represent us, they can make those decisions on our behalf.

When the public knows the person they voted in to office, they know his morals and character. An expectation is made that the Representative will live up to those standards and make decisions based on them.

Politicians are charged with conducting the will of the people, but they should know their constituents will going into office. Politicians that are constantly looking for changing trends and opinions of the populace are not to be trusted; they are more concerned with pleasing the public than studying issues and reaching for correct answers.

 Politicians that are weatherman, who are constantly checking the winds of change or taking the public’s temperature, are unable to use sound judgment, as they are more concerned with retaining their office. 

Ideally, we as the voting public elect someone with the morals and ideals that closely resemble our own; they use their judgment and strength of character make to decisions on our behalf.