"I'd like to announce (big breath) I am a recovering Republican! Oh, I feel so freeeeee! Pass the ice cream!

What it means when a self-identified churchian Calvinist refers to himself as a "recovering Republican" is:

"I'm just as shallow in my understanding of politics as I am regarding the Christian faith."

And those types always - always - default to left-wing views eventually because that is the current of the world (the Kingdom of Satan) and these types love their comfort. The Village of Morality requires it's good citizens to contribute to each other's comfort, among all the other neat things it's all about.

With political parties think in degree rather than absolutes. And think practically.

The Democrat party in America is not even pretending anymore that it is not the mocking, willing, evil water-carrying vehicle for the wishes of their great holy father Satan.

The Republican party is merely Satanic to the extent it gets infiltrated by RINOS (Republicans in name only) and shallow fools who made it big with office supply stores and auto dealerships who don't have the level of being to withstand being tempted by the devil once they get to the nation's capitol. But at least they don't hate America and can still discern good from evil to some extent and know that military strength is important and that tax cuts tend to bring more money into the treasury; and they'll put a judge on the Supreme Court every now and then who actually values the Constitution. Among other virtues. They kow-tow to the forces of Anti-Christ too much, yes, and they don't know how to deal with media, and...they're really shallow (did I say that twice?)... Yes, shallow. That's not *as* bad as being dumb to the degree of evil (think Teddy Kennedy or Keith Olbermann or really any high profile liberal Democrat these days) or celebrating mental disorders as the summit of human development (think Al Gore or Keith Olbermann).

So where are you going, "recovering Republican"? Practically speaking. Really you're just saying you're an evil/dumb/whatever liberal at heart, and you're coming out of the closet with it. Because it's the more "comfortable" stance. Why take on the devil's kingdom? Better to eat ice cream, read devil-mutilated 'bibles', engage in dead ritual at 'church', and fear and revere man to your dying day.