although i am not a republican, i can truly appreciate what the republican party was meant to be about. mr. goldwater was a prime example of a true republican. nowhere in american government is there a place for fanaticism, religious dogma, and evangelizing on a national scale; there never has been. a growing number of those who call themselves "republican" or "conservative" today are merely zealots attempting to clip the wings of the beautiful freedom this country once stood for, all in the name of blind faith in a god that may or may not exist. such shaky ground is nowhere to base arguments against the personal freedom of so many.