I don't know that I've ever given money to one of the Party organs. I don't think the RNC as exists to advance conservative values in government. Rather it exists to perpetuate Republican power through fundraising. There is a real difference there, as we are seeing this week.
I have been to a lot of conventions though, at every level. I'll keep doing that, but it doesn't stop me from being very afraid that the Republicdan Party, longterm, is inherently unstable, with a flotilla of very conservative often Christian voters that the Washington leadership isn't very comfortable with.
The RNC exists to elect Republicans. I do not understand why some people think it ought to have some other purpose.
By all means, let's work for a consistently conservative GOP. That means fighting it out in the primaries. But there's no point blaming the RNC for the RINOs thrown up by various states. The RNC doesn't control that.
We are not a Leninist party. The RNC has 165 members: the national committeeman, national committeewoman, and state chairman from each of the 50 states plus the territories and DC. These people are all elected by their state parties. Ya gotta deal with them that gets the votes.