GOP Abandons Its Base & Its Conservative Prinicples

Conservative Principles Left Behind

With the likes of the departed Mitt ‘the flip’ Romney and the front-running John ‘amnesty’ McCain the GOP has lost its way, it has lost its very soul. Romney and McCain are more liberal as proven by their records and by their actions, if not in their false conservative double-speak and rhetoric.

The Family Research Center’s Tony Perkins quotes a recent Barna Group poll, “if the election were held today, most born-again voters would choose the Democratic nominee for president.” Born-again and evangelical voters are no longer displaying lemming like loyalty to the Republican Party. It started in 2006, when many values voters sat out the election and allowed the liberal cause and candidates to advance. The GOP obviously is stubbornly proceeding in the same doomed direction with liberals in disguise, McCain and Romney.

Perkins wrote, “On paper, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between the Republican and Democratic establishments. Both have deemphasized social issues and attempted to fill the void with big government approaches to poverty and global warming. Both are hoping to spend their way into Americans' hearts. But only one establishment can benefit from this agenda--and it isn't the GOP. The mission creep has already cost the Republicans their credibility and the congressional majority.”

This is a warning to the GOP: wake up and do everything you can to purge your party of the anti-conservative elements or expect to become less and less relevant to the values voter who helped to elect in 2004 what could be the last Republican president for a long time. It is time for the party to get back to its roots and to return to its roots, what made the party and America great:

· A respect for life from conception to natural death
· A respect for one-man, one-woman marriage
· Small government
· Deficit-avoiding spending
· Minimal taxation
· A strong military
· A strict interpretation of the law
· Enforcement of existing laws
· Protection of private property rights

Barna comments in the article, “Born Again Voters No Longer Favor Republican Candidates”, about the upcoming November election. "As in recent elections, a key to victory in November will be the faith vote. Unlike the past couple of presidential races, though, the born again and evangelical vote is up for grabs. In recent elections, the faith vote sided with the Republican candidate early in the race, allowing those candidates to focus on winning over swing votes. In this year’s contest, however, the faith vote cannot be taken for granted. Much can change between now and November, but Republican candidates have a tough road ahead of them this year."

The best that conservative and Christian voters can hope for is that Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul will get sufficient votes in the remaining primary elections to deny McCain sufficient delegates to insure his nomination going into the Republican National Convention. Then at the convention a new leader will emerge to lead the GOP to give the Values Voter, conservatives and Christians someone to get excited about, someone for whom to support and to vote. That person must not be John McCain for the Republican Party to remain viable.