Hopefully, I'm not included in the "they" you describe here, but admittedly, many of us are increasingly frustrated by OUR SIDE's apparent willingness to grow the Federal Leviathan just as rapidly as the Left. Many of us have worked for years to get the GOP into as advantageous of a position as we find ourselves today, and it seems all we get from the Pubbies regarding domestic policy is timidity. As the DemonRAT base contains too many folks from the "gimme-gimme-gimme" cartel, I can't see where I'll ever vote for them, but it's getting increasingly difficult to convince family, friends, and co-workers how the GOP is that much different from the RATS, and why they ought to join me in actively shilling for the allegedly more conservative Party.
"...after all, I am apparently a "Bushbot"."
Heck, I've been called a "Bushbot" and a "BushBasher" on the same thread...those name-callers belittle their argument on both sides. Still, I will maintain my right to humbly offer Dubyuh my on-Forum counsel when I feel he's strayed too far to the Left, and folks who continue to admonish me for it will have to keep on admonishing until Dubyuh begins fightin' fer conservative principles the way I elected him to!!
FReegards...MUD