Liam has to be left to express how I am feeling...

I don't have the energy to convey it properly. The total loss of life is so heavy on me. The guilt is irrelevant at times, but we must have leadership. I've been a Republican all of my voting life. I still hold my conservative values, but I leave my party to the wolves. Some say that you can only change from within the group, but I say that I will not identify with a group whose every move is either to feed thier own pockets, fight for their own agenda (regardless that they were elected to represent all Americans), and cover their own asses.

Our government looks like the most inept and totally insane thing to the world. President strumming a guitar while people drown. Ms Rice having 'the public' removed because she is trying to shop for shoes while people sit in sweltering, no electricity groups of thousands (temp 96 degrees yesterday). Where is the Vice president? Where is the leadership?

I'm ashamed of what was once my party. They took my values and made a mockery of them. I am ashamed that I help get them into power, that I assisted in their propaganda, that I tried to believe in them even when evidence was contrary.

(Originally posted as a comment, but Liam convinced me that not everyone reads comments.)