The Republican Party has broken faith with its base in so many ways these past years that I cannot BEGIN to list them... And now they want US to swear loyalty to THEM?!
I don't bloody well think so!
For one, as Doug says, they have no way (thank God) of enforcing this, so it's just more empty rhetoric. Secondly and more importantly, the Republican Party has shown how faithless it is, as I said. Why would I want to swear loyalty to a party which is supposed to represent its base - and refuses to do so? I wouldn't stay married to a man who screwed me over like this, and you better believe that I'd never consider being loyal to a Party which cannot adhere to its foundational principles.
So, as I have said to the National Republican Party in the past, I now reiterate to the Republican Party of Virginia:
- get a spine
- quit trying to imitate the DemocRATS
- lower taxes
- get government out of my face
- address the issues
- fight illegal immigration
- return to your foundations
... and then I might swear your loyalty oath. Maybe.
Actually, no, I wouldn't even then. I have gotten fed up with politics-as-usual, and have decided to never put Party before principle. No party will receive my whole-hearted support until they uphold the foundational truths of our American culture.
Until we can stop "playing politics," and start rebuilding American freedom, self-determination, self-control, frugality, strength, and limited government, I fear this beloved country will remain on its slide into obscurity. After the Hand of Providence has been displayed so richly and benevolently in our history, it would be a shame for us to quietly disappear under the flood of future history.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Republican Party, whether on the State or National level, please - return to us, and we will return to you. And then, perhaps, we will again be a country worthy of God's favor.
