[Condor 63]

"The Republican Party apparently has a death wish, but that doesn't mean we conservatives have to go along with it," Richard Viguerie, a movement veteran who helped elect Reagan, said during his wildly-received speech delivered Thursday. "Let's focus on the conservative movement, not the GOP."

Please?

[Just Lori]

"Let's focus on the conservative movement, not the GOP."

We're all human, and we need to remember that power corrupts. Not all who claim to be "GOP" members are, actually, conservatives. I've heard it said that conservatism works every time it's tried, and I believe that's true. What has to happen to make it work is that WE let those elected "GOP"ers know that it's the American tax-paying VOTER who put them there, and REMIND them WHY they were elected in the first place.

It's because the voters BELIEVED in them. We know what we want and expect from our leaders. They know it, too. I think we just need to keep reminding them of it. It's too easy in the scheme of human frailty to forget, once you're in the thick of it.

I vote for "Mr. Smith". =)