The GOP is a dead rotten corpse.
The GOP, as illustrated by your post, has been using fear tactics and coercion to keep people in line for years.
Vote GOP or the country will die under Clinton...and what did the GOP do? They nominate Dole. And lose.
Vote GOP or else algore will ruin the country! and what did the GOP do? They nominate GHW Bush who had many terrible policies and did very little to advance COnservative thought in the country...people on all sides were so tired of Bush that the ‘anyone but Bush’ philosophy permeated the voting population.
The GOP was so indescribably stupid that they nominated McCain who was more singly responsible for undermining the GOP majorities than any other person.
McCain was such a weak candidate that an nobody with nothing but a slogan to offer beat him despite the GOP’s scare tactics.
The GOP has too many Rockefeller hold overs, too many democratic non conservative converts, and too many moderately leaning liberals to be anything other than Democratic-lite.
IMO the GOP is a dead carcass that needs to be burned and buried. It cannot be rejuvenated. It cannot be revived. It is dead.
Bury the GOP and have a funeral and mourning.
Then establish something new and move on.
OK then go out and form a new party. Waste your time and energy. Divide that anti-Democrat vote. History proves over and over that your party will only siphon off votes from the larger party. This is why Rush warned against this. He knows what he’s talking about. Also, read the Republican Party platform. It is quite conservative. We as conservative activists just need to retake our party just like we did in 1964, 1980, and 1994. As a practicing Catholic, I did not abandon my Church when the horrific pedophile priest scandal was made public. No. I did just the opposite. I joined the Knights of Columbus—(I am now a fourth degree knight), I got have active in my Church- I am now a Eucharstic Minister at my church. Instead of abandoning my Church, I decided to get active and take it back. That is how I view the Party. You abandon ship if you like, but I will follow Rush’s wise advice. Have fun forming your new party.