Your post is so filled with falsehoods I suspect your agenda. Such "conservatives" as you would produce a party capable of getting as many votes as the Libertarians i.e. not enough to elect an alderman in Chicago. Show me any of these so-called "falsehoods." Do you deny that the GOP routinely turns its back on conservatives and even under Republicans, government gets bigger, more expensive, and more intrusive?
My tent is big enough to include anyone who is for limited governmetn, who is for the goal of making the government smaller, cheaper, less intrusive, and more effective in its few legitimate functions.
These "conservatives" have no clue about politics or how to effectuate change. They can and should be ignored since they are clueless lamebrains.
The Republicans have no desire to effectuate change. They just increase government.
You have to compromise along the way, but we need to start moving things in our direction. The GOP seems disinclined to do that, and part of the reason, IMO, is that Republicans know conservatives will vote for them no matter how liberal their policies get.
Too bad your candidates didn't win on Nov. 5.
Actually, many of them DID.
I doubt that I would accept your definition of "conservative" and deny that the GOP turns its back on conservatives. If that were true why does the RATmedia get hysterical at the prospect of GOP control.
A "conservative" who cannot get elected is of no use to me or the GOP. MOst are simple cranks or one-note sambas not viable political leaders. Of course, the cult-followers of these cranks never seem to understand that in a republic one must convince enough people to vote them into office before they qualify as a leader. Simply taking the most extreme position possible is not providing leadership.
It is clear that W. is the most conservative electable president yet that didn't stop the true "conservatives" around here from attacking him as a "socialist", "liberal" and many other brainless pregoratives.
Government grows because that is what the people want. When the people are convinced that it shouldn't then it won't. Shrinking government will never come from those screeching in the corner for all or nothing. It can only happen when the people are determined to cut it off at the source- taxes. And it will not be a 180 degree turn but slowly.