Posted by
Augsal on Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:31:33 AM
I have been a registered Republican for 95% of the last 28 years, ever since I heard Ronald Reagan campaign for the presidency in 1979. The words of Ronald Reagan hit that nerve inside me which inspired a great love for America and what it stood for in the world. It was the "Conservative" message which I so falsely thought was a constricting ideology in college. An ideology which stifled liberty and preserved the status quo- until I started working in the real world and President Reagan and the new Republicans came on the scene. The GOP revitalized Conservatism in a way which would renew this country and end the greatest threat to world peace the world had seen since Nazism- the Soviet Union. The economy was rejuvenated and the Republicans actually had a majority in the Congress for the first time in about 45 years. The Republican Congress which oversaw continued economic growth, reform of the welfare system and the Conservative agenda at its height.
What happened? How could the party of Ronald Reagan begin spending, spending, spending? How could the party of Ronald Reagan incur scandal after scandal and let the Democrats return to power. The Republicans of the sort of Trent Lott and Dick Armey were weak, and easily intimidated. You would have thought that the Republicans had lost the presidency in 2000 and 2004. The Dems have walked all over the Republicans since the day they lost their majority. The Republican leadership is a joke and when traitorous congressmen like Dick Durbin, Jerry Reid and John Murtha spew their anti-American filth- Where was the Republican response? A few admonitions- NOTHING!!! This should have been a red flag to all of us- The Republican Party is Deathly Ill and probably dead already.
I don't have to prove to you anymore why Sen.McCain doesn't deserve our Conservative support- his actions in Congress speak for themselves and quite frankly I am tired of repeating them over and over again. I am finding it very hard to cast my vote for Sen. McCain and most likely not vote at all and write in Mitt Romney. Whether you like it or not Mitt Romney is the only Conservative running for President with a chance to win. Gov. Huckabee cannot win and that is the reality of it pure and simple.
Who and why are Republicans voting for Sen.McCain when he does not uphold the principles of the GOP? This election is being manipulated by the media and the gullibility of the American public is revealiing itself in a most frightening way. Not one Republican voting for Sen.McCain can give a plausable reason why!!! General Grant was a great war hero, but also one of our most corrupt presidents. Abraham Lincoln was a great war President and he never served in the military or if he did without distinction that I know of. So please don't throw Sen.McCain's war record at me.
The Republican Party through its elected officials in Congress have abandoned the Reagan Conservatism which got them elected. These traitors to their office and to the people they represent have become part of the sick, corrupt institution which we call "Washington". They have been bought and paid for by special interests and become indistinguishable from their Democrat counterparts. Where is my Party?
Why is a man who is averaging no more than 36% of the vote winning the nomination of the GOP? Ask yourslves that question. The dirty politics which occurred in West Virginia is the tip of a deadly iceberg. I expect to see more and more of this all in the hopes of circumventing the will of true Republican voters. Gov. Romney has collected more votes from Republicans than Sen.McCain so why is McCain winning? There is a corruption of the election process taking place and it is ignoring the will of the people. How can a candidate who does not have the support from the base of the party be its representative???
If Sen.McCain heads into the convention as the front-runner or de-facto nominee then I am asking for a revolt and a secession from the party of its Conservate members and nominate Gov. Romney as the Conservative Candidate.