Online Gambling Debated at Republican Platform Website
Poker players and online gambling enthusiasts number in the millions, and yet they have largely felt politically ignored, if not downright mistreated. Particularly galling to the Republican voters, adherents of a small-government, freedom-based philosophy, who enjoy exercising their right of choice, is the stance of the Republican Party against any form of Internet wagering.
Well, in the computer era, the best weapon to remind politicians of the true feelings of their constituents is to use the new online capacity to comment directly on the Republican Party platform, especially about online casinos. The Poker Players Alliance has asked members to register and tell the party their views, and many have used the opportunity.
Voters philosophically in tune with Ronald Reagan's limited government ideals find themselves appalled that the party included a two-sentence rejection of all online wagering in its 2004 platform, and are demanding the removal of any anti-gambling language.
Gamblers with conservative views have become more adamant about valuing their right to choose how and when to gamble, and a campaign by pro-gambling influences is seen as a major cause of the reelection defeat of Republican Representative Jim Leach in 2006.
Online Casino Advisory strongly urges all those who enjoy the right to make one's own decisions to contact their Congressmen, Senators, and political party to forcefully demand government respond to the people's will and relent in the persecution of online gambling. Not only gamblers should stand up, but any who don't want the government deciding when they can smoke, what foods they should be allowed to eat, or any of the other life decisions some politicians want to make for the populace.
