Unfortunately, you're right.
But my point is, the GOP is the only credible vehicle for moving a conservative agenda forward. Despite what some of the nose-picking idiots on this thread think, the GOP is not full of RINOs trying to "appease the Left". I'd like to see how some of these idiots would face if they ever ran for office. Using tact and common sense and knowing when to pick your audience is just a part of politics. Rush Limbaugh can get away with saying he wants Obama to fail on his radio show. Cantor couldn't get away with it without it being twisted and turned against him on Stephanopolous' show. A one-sentence statement with a generality about "not wanting anything to fail" does not mean that Cantor is on board with Team Obama and trying to "appease the Left".
Any "conservative" who would rather sit on their thumb and grouse about bad things that some Republican officeholders do, instead of joining together to RETAKE the party and make it what we'd all like to be, are worse than just useless. They are actually counterproductive, HARMING the cause of conservatism, and thus America. People like that on here on Free Republic are scumsucking worms, AFAIAC.
You are wrong my friend. A MAJORITY of the GOP in Congress (as well as Romney and Gingrich) supported the billionaire bailout of the banks in October. By that single act, they made the greatest leap toward socialism in American history up that the time and paved the way for eventual nationalization as well as Obama's stimulus plan.
Mike Pence was more adept at handling this kind of attack by the media:
MSNBC’s O’Donnell Begs Congressman to Denounce Rush Limbaugh
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/01/28/msnbcs-odonnell-begs-congressman-denounce-rush-limbaugh
I do agree with you that the GOP is the only vehicle we have. I just want plain speakers speaking the truth. We will be attacked by the media no matter what—better to speak the truth and not hem and haw. And for goodness sake we need to stop praising the other side. That drove me nuts in Jindal’s speech the other night that he takes the first few minutes to gush over Obama. If you can’t say something mean, don’t say anything at all—only kidding. The praise of these people that are literally destroying our country is infuriating to me though. That would be my only complaint with Mike Pence’s appearance above—he says he greatly respects Nancy Pelosi. He doesn’t have to say she’s a bitch. Just don’t say anything at all.
Sorry, but the GOP ceased to be a "credible vehicle" for anything conservative years ago. You may not have noticed, but many have, and that is why the party is shriveling up and dying. Voting Republican is as big a waste as voting for the Democrats and expecting anything conservative to happen. Granted, there is no alternative, but that doesn't make voting Republican anything more than a useless effort.
I would like to clarify—I believe the GOP is the only option we have right now as far as political parties—not the only option we have as far as advancing the conservative message. Talk radio is one of the more prominent options, but we have very few. American culture is steeped in liberalism/leftism.