In response to her latest column, in which she seeks to cure the Republican party of its ills, I sent Kathleen Parker the following response:

Mrs. Parker

Big government republicanism is what’s killing the party, and it comes from both sides of the religious line. The religious right and secularized republicans alike have contributed to the eroding of the core republican principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility. Blaming the religious is a reflection of your obvious bigotry – evidenced by the numerous pejoratives in your piece – not the result of an honest evaluation of the facts.

While many of the religious right, such as Michael Gerson, have promoted and celebrated big government, the two groups are not equivalent.  Drumming out religious conservatives will not only unnecessarily alienate many who believe in republican ideals for no reason, it will leave untouched many others who contributed to the republican collapse.  It’s simply a wrong diagnosis.  The GOP doesn’t need to give up on God, it needs to give up on big government.

- Brian Garst

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