I just finished reading your online letter about Change that America Deserves. Frankly, the problem the GOP faces today is of their own making.
The GOP has positioned itself as the nerdy sister of the Democrat Party. Instead of holding to its values of small government, minimal taxation and strong national defense, it has gone out of its way to bloat government spending, take seriously fraudulent issues such as global warming, and promote government interference in strictly economic issues such as health care.
The GOP positions itself as strong on the War on Terror, but has done little to seal our borders. Indeed, the assumptive GOP Presidential nominee is in favor of amnesty for illegals, and bows to the holy grail of global warming.
Senator McCain will not get my vote in November. I will be voting for my congressman (Donald Manzulo) as well as my state representatives, but there will be no check next to McCain's name. He is not what I expect the GOP to be. Conservatives like myself have not left the GOP; the GOP has left us commensurate with the Presidency of George W. Bush.
We don't need words, congressman. We need action. We need action that reflects strong, reasonable and sound conservative principles. Only then will those who have supported the GOP in the past begin to believe it has seen the light. Until then, the GOP may as well close its doors.
It likely won't do any good, but it felt good to unload on him :)
Right, and you are going to keep them out of power until they provide you with the action you are demanding!
Bright! Really, really bright!
I, also, am mightily PO'd at our party!
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However, I learned my lesson when I "sent a message" and voted for Perot -- and gave us eight years of the Clinton Arkansas Mafia.
When you say,
"I will be voting for my congressman (Donald Manzulo) as well as my state representatives, but there will be no check next to McCain's name."
that is no better than saying,
"When the enemy charged our position, I valiantly held my place in the trenches; but I refused to fire my rifle -- just to send a message to the REMFs..."
We are at war -- both internally and externally. To refuse to vote for our side in the internal war ("on principle") is the same cowardice as refusing to fight in the WOT. Please reconsider your childish pique and vote in opposition to the Democrats.
Don't be a deserter. Don't waste your vote. Don't let our position be overrun -- with ammo still in your weapon!