Precisely. The grassroots Republicans show up, donate their money, elect the candidates, and the National Committee takes their money and ignores them. Look at Bob Dole (and others) when the invented controversy broke out over the pro-life plank in the 1996 Party Platform. Bob Dole, the presidential nominee, said that he was not limited by the platform and didn't have to abide by it. Others in leadership positions and high-profile campaigns said or implied the same thing. I believe the party still has conservatives at the grassroots level, but the leadership is infested with liberal RINOs who are interested in only one thing - power. I just wish that more of the grassroots would wake up and realize this and throw the RINOs out of the RNC and other party leadership positions. Then we would all see the changes we want.
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