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DM, you are mistaking me. And you aren't seeing that you and I agree on MUCH more than you give me credit for. I HAVE repudiated the RNC as an organization, and excoriate phone solicitors from the RNC every time they call - I think I even made one cry~! I have a whole toy cash till filled with toy money to send them with a note: "Fake money for fake conservatives."

I ONLY support individual candidates who unapologetically champion whole conservatism and who have a proven track record of staunch conservatism; most of whom identify as Republican.

A candidate can identify as Republican without adopting the pernicious value system of the party establishment. That's all I'm saying.

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The way I saw the discussion was the you were coming at me with practical reasoning and I was responding with ideological reasoning.

I fully understand that we share much more in common than not. The underlying fact remains the same for both of us - the GOP-E has lost its way and no longer represents its conservative base, nor does it care. To that end, we need to stop any and all donations to the RNC and send them to a quick death so that the Tea Party can step up.

And, yes, I do undertsnad that we agree on these things, albeit from slightly different directions. The end result is that we will both arrive at the same destination.

Thanks for a good discussion.