First and foremost - today's Republican party in no way reflects Reagan's ideology. Second - I'm working hard to change the Republican party.
There is good in our discussion - it is obvious that both of us see a great need to change the Republican party - to bring it back to being a conservative party. That is 75% of the battle; the remaining 25% is the how. We will continue to disagree on that point.
You should take note though, even with the childish wording of the poll, a significant number of conservatives are choosing to boot the Republicans from office. I suspect if this were a legitimate poll the numbers would be much higher. Even taking the 15% at face value - this spells disaster for the Republicans in the upcoming election. There are very few districts where a congressional candidate can lose 15% of their base and still win.
Hell's bells even Reagan didn't reflect his ideology. Bush is more Reagan than he was.
Great. If you follow Reagan's example you won't abandon it in the election, and you won't encourage others to do the same.
If you want to use Reagan as a figurehead and ignore what he did, you'll do what Pat Buchanan did.
Which is why it is completely idiotic for anyone to encourage others to walk out on the Republicans. First of all, it isn't good for the country. The 'rats, if they get control, will waste two years with investigations out the yin-yang while we're supposed to fight a war on terror. They won't renew tax cuts, and they'll continue to balkanize America with the help of the LameStream Media.
Keep a Republican majority and we can stem the tide--we may not get all we want, but politics is the art of the possible, not the perfect.
You don't have to "suspect" anything. Just look at the previous poll. A majority of freepers answered that they would not vote for either of the main parties if the Republicans don't get their act together.