I agree, not sure where to go though :(
Until a viable 3rd party assembles, maintain a fierce independence and vote only for the Ted Cruzes of the world. It’s all we can do.
Makes little difference.
We can't beat the left as it is.
As we splinter, the ability becomes even less.
You support individual candidates that reflect your views. You’re just no longer beholden to the GOP elite’s Rino Plantation anymore. We’re always ripping dems and black dems for staying on the liberal plantation, well we have our own plantation and the Rinos know it by their “where else ya gonna go?” mantra they throw at us while openly mocking and denigrating conservatives. No more. No more holding the nose.
If that’s a Tea Party guy, a proven conservative Republican, or a constitutionalist party guy who has momentum, or a independent who’s conservative but doesn’t want the “R” label, then you support them. And try to get others to vote for them. And if you are in bizarro county and you have a conservative democrat candidate like a Zell Miller - who gave the best speech at a GOP convention - running against a Rino, you vote for the conservative democrat - as long as they stay conservative.
This means the Republicans learn we are not just going to vote for them because they have an “R” next to their name. Lip service doesn’t cut it. Empty campaign promises never intended to be followed through on - ex. “WE WILL REPEAL OBAMACARE” - aren’t going to cut it. One speech for the conservatives, one for moderates and one for liberals they hope to vote for them, that ain’t going to cut it. Swinging hard to the right to get the nomination, then doing the “reset” and moderating for everyone else, ain’t going to cut it.
We have to get off our own plantation. We have to recognize we’re ON a Rino plantation in the first place. You can’t solve a problem if you don’t see there’s a problem to solve.
We’ve put far, far too much UNDESERVED FAITH in the Republican party. Far too much. They are just people. Many are just politicians putting fingers in the air basing their views on the latest polls. Cleaning house means abandoning the notion an “R” gets an automatic vote from us.
If the country is on the way out anyway, why not vote your conscience? Why keep the Rinos in power who wouldn’t try to stop the democrats? Get people in there who actually would attempt something. Like minded people would have a better chance to work together, be it independents, conservative republicans, tea party newbies, conservative demcrats with a working conscience, etc. We know what we get with Rinos steering the ship. We get what we’ve had the last 4 years. We get platitudes. We get big ideas and big words and little to no action. We get never-intended-to-be-fulfilled campaign promises. We get tough talk, but cave-in after cave-in after cave-in.
We’ve been on our own Rino plantation. It’s time to say goodbye and seriously look at the best conservative candidate from wherever, and back them to winning at the ballot box.