re: #294 palomino

Oh, I fully understand that. My point is that if you’re so disillusioned with the gop’s move to the far right, it’s time to give up on them…because the tiny fraction of moderates remaining in the party have virtually no sway. The Rockefeller Republicans of yore aren’t coming back. It’s a southern dominated reactionary party now.

Your choices: become an independent, or even OMG a Democrat (the party that more closely embodies most of what the Western world considers conservative). Or you can cling to the slim hope that the gop regains some moderate voices.

NONE, exactly zero, of the GOP prez candidates even call themselves moderates on any major issues. Instead, they trip all over themselves trying to claim the mantle of “true conservative”, which today just means farthest to the right.

Well, I am registered to vote, no party affiliation. It doesn’t mean I’m no longer conservative. It does mean I do not wish to be associated with the Rep party. I don’t know what else to do. An assumption that because we identify as ‘conservative’, somehow means we’re Republicans, is just wrong.