my political beliefs

Dear Bobby and Lizzy,
I share my political beliefs with you NOT because I want you or expect you to agree with them, but just in case you ever wonder where I stand. First, I have been a registered independent (decline to state) since I first registered to vote when I was 18. I am not a Democrat, because I believe in low taxes, small government, free enterprise, and individual responsibility. I am not a Republican, because I believe in environmental protection, compassion for immigrants, and equal rights for gays. And despite my generally conservative, free-market views on economic policy, I support the President's health care reforms because it is outrageously indecent for a nation as wealthy as ours to deny medical care to the poor---especially to kids.
I used to say that I am an economic conservative and a social liberal, but that is not entirely true. Though I lean conservative on economics, my views on health care for all Americans are an exception to my libertarian leanings. Though I lean liberal on social issues, I am rather conservative on criminal justice issues(I do not oppose the death penalty, and I would abolish the exclusionary rule). And though I lean pro-choice on the issue of abortion, I do not believe that a woman's right to abort should be unlimited---the interests of the father and the fetus matter also.

Love,
Dad