I read this great piece over at Little Green Footballs today, I couldn't resist sharing the quote from Scott Randolph with you in its entirety:

I actually felt myself become a republican today. It was around 10am, when I read the latest update of the Cindy Sheehan saga in CNN.com. I then shot over to read some blogs about it, and perused the comments in some of them, which was nothing but a long series of petty (albeit entertaining) partisan bickering.

Then it happened. The good little democrat in me tied the little noose around his neck and jumped off the stool. He just couldn’t take it anymore.

Take what? The whining. The constant whining by the extreme left about the reasons for war, the incompetence of this administration, and how we’ve all been lied to, and how we should pull out of Iraq immediately, because, *gulp* our soldiers were in danger.

Guess what folks….they signed up to join the Army, not the boy scouts. Anytime your orientation to a new job involves an automatic weapon, you should be smart enough to figure out there’s danger involved. I actually read some people’s comments about many of the soldiers over there being naive….they weren’t expecting to go to war, so, they should be allowed to go home. Wow.

I don't know if Scott actually will switch parties now, but I can share his frustration at the very least.

To be honest, I suppose it doesn't really matter what party you are in as long as you have your thinking cap on and are willing to re-examine your positions from time to time.

It's not like the Republican party has pleased me with every choice they have made recently. That highway bill was bursting with Pork. I'm glad that we are starting to turn the deficit around, but we need to reduce the national debt - not just slow down the rate that we are piling it up.

Regardless. Scott, you aren't alone, no matter where you caucus.

Posted by Michael at August 19, 2005 08:30 AM