Going Over Poorly

The GOP is trying to figure out what they did wrong last fall to lose to the Democrats. They've concluded that it is because they don't hang out with the people enough. That is only partially correct.

The GOP is perceived as a party more interested in telling women what to do with their bodies while telling gays what they can't do with theirs all because they rely on a book that may have been the most scientifically advanced work available 2,000 years ago -- the bible is a guide how to get into heaven, not rule the heavens. At the same time they work hard to make sure a few thousand people don't have to pay a "death tax" while screaming that the country will go broke due to "entitlements," such as unemployment insurance that working people have been paying into, if we don't have cuts in spending and taxes, ignoring that taxes have been getting cut for decades. 

What happened to the party that railed against Democrats interfering in a person's private life because they felt government shouldn't be involved in an individual's life? Why have they become the party of telling you how to live? You don't like abortions? Don't get an abortion. You don't like homosexual marriage? Don't get married to a homosexual. How hard is that?

This is a party that loves the ignorant and calls those who want to know more than they are told elitists. They have become so unbending in their philosophy that they dismiss any of their own who might agree with the opposition to help those they represent as not conservative enough.  Under their watch income disparity between the richest and poorer has intensified, making it more and more difficult for the poor to rise to the middle class. Finally their speakers have no problem making subtle racial jokes at the same time the country is getting more diverse.

I am in my mid 40s, white and my family income puts me in the top 10%. I should be in the GOP's cross-hairs as a firm supporter, yet their policies have repelled me so much I feel I have no choice but to vote against them. If they can't get me, how do they expect to get the future voters?