As I said before, there are RINOs at both ends of the GOP: the Liberal Republicans and the staunch Conservatives, both of whom the GOP can not count on to keep the Democrats out of power. When Conservatives, or anyone else, put ideology ahead of country, we all get hurt.
The political parties make the laws, appoint the justices and judges, raise or lower taxes, spend more or less, etc....not a group of pissed-off (disaffected) Conservatives or Liberals.
There is no other practical recourse than to use my vote and my voice for change. It seems to me that the Whig Party disintegrated under intense divisiveness. The time for glad-handing is over. Either the current Congress should start acting like the Congress of the Constitution, or both parties should be thrown out.
The political parties make the laws, appoint the justices and judges, raise or lower taxes, spend more or less, etc....not a group of pissed-off (disaffected) Conservatives or Liberals.
That's right. So it takes a RADICAL solution, and not the usual blind loyalty to a party. Any solution will involve a sizeable number of people who are fed up and ready to BOLT the 2-party system. The people ultimately rule. Sadly, for that to happen, it will require an American population that GIVES A FLIP about its freedoms and where this nation is headed! Preasently, I don't see anything but apathy and ignorance fed by rampant narcisstic hedonism. I don't have much hope that a total destruction of our Republic can be avoided, but I will do my part - that is ALL I can do. Do you have a better plan? If you do, then let's have it.
I think your analysis is a bit cockeyed.
When Politicians put self-interest ahead of principle, we all get hurt.
If you start there, you'll actually begin to understand Government.