Free-Spirited Republican??

With all the craziness in the political world, I just had the craziest conversation with a good friend of mine.
"You're a Republican?? I would never have guessed that. You seem too free spirited to be Republican," she said.
Now this was the funniest thing I had heard in a long time.

And before I go on I must say, in the company I keep I don't really care if someone is democrat, republican, libertarian, socialist, you name it, I don't really care, I just require that people be true to who they are and what they believe.

I'm still trying to figure out how we got into the discussion, but I do remember telling her that the choice for president of the United States is coming down to a lesser of evils. But I had made it clear that I was going to vote republican, and her face went totally confused.

I then said, "Oh, yeah, I'm totally republican. I'm not even close to the middle on that - I am so far to the right it's not even funny."

And I guess I never really thought about it as conflict, but I said, "Yeah, I guess I am somewhat of a free spirit as well."

So I guess it is possible - a free spirited republican.

Which means I am a free spirited believer that people need to live their own lives, never make excuses for themselves, overcome any obstacle and rely totally on Yah, which means not relying on anyone or any government entity to create their destiny.

Does that make me an intolerant and rigid thinker? I argue not so, and feel that all of us free-spirited republicans need to come out of the closet.