Quit paying so much attention to labels

Many of you online have been criticizing me for pretending I'm not a Republican. Once again, people are extracting from Brandon Stahl's story one line to mean a whole lot more.
Here's the section:
"But that doesn’t necessarily make her a Republican, she says.
'I’m very disappointed with both parties,' she said. 'I don’t think they have us, the people, first and foremost in mind.'"

The question was not, are you a Republican? The question was whether I automatically fell in line with Republicans. And though I certainly fall far more in line with the Republican party than the Democrats on my beliefs, I stand by my statement  that I am frustrated with both parties. Neither party seems to care about limited government any more. Government – even during the Bush administrations – kept growing and growing. And that is why I am getting so frustrated with the Republican Party. Sure, I'm more of an Republican than I am Democrat, but the way things are moving, I hesitate to put any labels on myself anymore, simply because often they increasingly don't apply. If you want to call me a Republican, feel free. Obviously it's more accurate than calling me a Democrat. But if you you really want to be accurate, call me a candidate in favor of smaller, more limited government, by the people and for the people. That's a moniker I'll gladly embrace.

Oh, one more thing, many of you have also stuck it to me for Brandon's initial opening lines.

"If there is a myth about Becky Hall, she said, it’s that 'people think I’m a well-to-do stay-at-home mom.'
Instead, she said, she’s the daughter of a radiator repair shop owner and a court reporter who worked several jobs to pay her way through college. She once hitchhiked across Europe on about a dollar a day, sleeping in tents, bus stations and once 'on a bed of hay,' because that’s all she could afford.
'Throughout my life I’ve learned how to survive,' she said. 'I’ve always had a lot of faith and optimism when I didn’t have any money.'"

Perhaps I should have said that the myth is that I've had everything handed to me. The myth is that I didn't have to work to get to where I am today. Yes, I do have a beautiful house, and yes, my husband is a doctor, allowing me the luxury of staying home with my kids – and volunteering in a dozen different ways to help this community – but it's a myth to pretend that I didn't work hard my whole life to get here.

For many years I held down a full-time job with the state, and worked far harder growing up and through college than many kids my age. That's all I was getting at. Obviously you can learn a whole lot more about me by reading blog posts below, and by visiting my web site:  I've talked in more depth about my past at http://www.beckyhall4duluth.com/, if you want to read more.