Another Republican Angry at his party

From today's Washington Post comes a feature on Vic Gold, Republican activist and author of "Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP":

The war was a big factor. It seemed to Gold to run counter to the traditionally conservative notion of keeping clear of foreign entanglements. He was infuriated by Bush-Cheney moves to augment executive power. And he was disgusted by the Terri Schiavo episode, which to this old libertarian seemed emblematic of a modern GOP takeover by religious zealots.

"I really came to the conclusion that there was a threat to our system, to our way of life, and it was coming from those I thought were my people."

Stories like this would have a bit of amusement if the Republicans had not worked so hard to wreck the two party system, cost us money and reputation abroad and done their best to run the country for their own benefit to the detriment of everyone other than themselves.