This is why we must DE-FUND the RNC, and contribute DIRECTLY to Tea Party-approved candidates for office, as my wife and I have done for more than 5 years...

Give to Ted Cruz' Senate Conservative Fund...

That is what most everyone I know has been doing for several years. That is why they are crying for donations. We get mailings from RNC at least weekly wanting money. I would not send them more than 2¢ and that is just to voice my opinion of the Elitist jackasses. They will kill the Republican Party if they continue on their plan.

I have not given a dime to the RNC in years and I am sure not going to start now. I give to a candidate, not the party.

Be careful. Most candidates have agreements to send a percentage of their fundraising DIRECTLY TO THE PARTY.

A safer way is to fund a PAC that agrees with conservative principles... Senate Conservative Campaign Committee, FreedomWorks, etc.

Tea Party is sticking to the values that created it and it will keep on growing the republican party alone is through they have had their chance and they stood by and allowed the liberals to screw this nation up .And they should consider getting rid of some old members and we know who they are .

I second this.....please keep this fact in mind when considering sending money anywhere.

Send it Tea Party get your money's worth.

Money to GOP (or Democrats) goes partially to al-Qaeda. So does money paid to IRS. What the hell happened to the USA!

I give to the party not a candidate he or she can do nothing with out party ties . maybe you like the maverick type like two face John MCcain.

Did you even bother to watch the Republican National Convention where there was blatant and ridiculous impinging on the rights of the grassroots of the party?

Exactly right. Here is a video to support your point.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
And here is another.
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Ha - I send the forms back in the postage paid envelope with notes written on them explaining why I am dumping them. I'm still registered as a R, but only so I can vote in the primaries in my state. So a few have thrown down the gauntlet, and MILLIONS will pick it up.

I did the exact same thing, Patriot, just this week. The RNC sent me a "love letter" telling me that they hadn't received my "renewal" in the party. I used a wide marker and wrote "I QUIT" on their "invoice" and the word "NOTHING" across where they wanted me to write in the amount I was "contributing". And then I packed up ALL their crap in their self-addressed postage-paid envelope and fired it all back to them. I'd love to see the look on the face of whoever opens that envelope. No more RNC for me. I've had it. They are all democrats in disguise - every last one of them.

The mail room intern will probably be saying "Not another one...."

LOL Good reply, Michael!!!! Have a great day!!!! And do something just for fun!!!

Thanks

USAFore, I'm about in the same boat you're in, but for different reasons. I was a Democrat in the 60's. JFK's speech in 1961 summed it up: "Ask not what your Country can do for you; ask what you can do for your Country." Now, the Dems reversed that, and are becoming Socialists, but very quietly: "Ask what your Country can do for you." GOP is trying to be what the Dems used to be, aka, RINOS. The Tea Party is fighting to bring this Country back what it used to be: respecting the US Constitution, not trying to destroy it, and to keep the US out of bankruptcy with its change over from Capitalism to Socialism, aka, government controlled businesses. We have to remember that our Representatives work FOR us. They're not elected to tell us what to do, but to represent us, not to stand handlocked with their respective Party - Taxation (their pay) without representation is what it's becoming, and that has to stop. If you're happy with your Rep, re-elect him/her in 2014. If not, vote for his/her opponent, regardless. Show your Rep what power you have - as long as we have it.

Don't forget, you can also vote "none of the above".

LOL - You're right!!!!

One of my senators, Mike Johanns (R-NE) is retiring rather than face another election. Good choice. The other (Deb Fischer - R-NE) is in her first term. I'm not quite sure what to make of her yet. My representative (Jeff Fotenberry - R-NE), well, I'm going to hope someone steps up to primary him. He needs a big wake-up call - or a big slap up side the head!!!! Thank you!!!!

Think that you have problems ? My rep is Allyson Schwartz. In this district I am surrounded by liberals.

All I know to tell you is what my dad used to tell us kids when we were up a creek with no paddle. Dad would laugh and say, "Grab a rope and growl." I never understood what it meant, but I know I've done it a few times, moreso as I get older!!! LOL

You are a wise person and thanks .

Texas Patriot: We could be brothers under the skin! I use EXACTLY the same tactic and you may find it interesting to know, that unlike most hard case and hard core conservatives, I am native born in the Commonmisery of MASSACHUSETTS; a dumbass democratic stronghold if ever there was one where most voters are born without brains and thus, the inability to think. That is further bred out of them by our public school system which is teaching them to be confused about gender, never to question authority and under NO circumstances, to even consider original thinking! So, here is but one of the MILLIONS of whom you speak though I was born in a country entirely different from this wraith of the one into, which I was born. I preferred the old , constitutional, law abiding, moral and religiously FREE nation we had and WILL, once again! The GOP is just dead and too stupid to fall over and disappear. They have NO CREDIBILITY with anyone of a conservative nature and conviction. Their very existence is in the terminal stages and that is a very GOOD thing for America and our Constitution and the rights of our AMERICAN CITIZENS!

I do the same patriot. I make sure every enclosure is returned.

Plus extra stuff to add to the weight and increase postage.

THANK YOU

Make sure they know you don't support open primaries. They will have their D friends vote for them

I do the same.......

When something has neither a pulse nor a brainwave, it is officially dead. The GOP has been on life-support for 5 years now...provided by none other than the Tea Party. Time to end the madness. They will NOT represent us. Look no further than to last week. It's over for the GOP.

I think the old GOP slipped into a coma under George Bush: We had the White House and both Houses of Congress, and all they did was spend like "Democrats" used to do, before "Democrats" unofficially became the communist party.

From 2000 to 2006, the GOP could have implemented a Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment or one for a Line-Item Vet, or Term Limits, or any of dozens of other reforms that would have prevented us from being in the dire situation in which we currently find ourselves.

Moreover, Bush was willing to accept the responsibility for being Head of the Party, but then sat on the bench and played neither offense nor defense, as the other team ran up the score with the aid of time-keepers, referees, and reporters.

Bush was NEVER a "movement conservative," and like his father, betrayed us more times than Richard III betrayed England and the House of York...

this is all part of the plan to turn this once great country over to the UN. This current "2 party' system is and has been a sham for years. Frick and Frack if you will. One party just gets us to our cultural armegeddon a little slower then the other. the "R" establishment just wants to manage the demise, not stop it.

Sounds like someone trying to rationalize why he was too lazy to vote last November, and who helped re-elect the ANTI-CHRIST!.

Actually, anyone who doesn't think that Cruz, Paul, Lee and several more are cats of a very different stripe probably shouldn't vote, anyway...

Earl,
I couldn't agree more. It has finally occurred to me, however, that the GOP has NEVER (except under Reagan) been willing to fight for anything that WE believe in. That should tell us something. They (the party as a whole) simply do not BELIEVE in (share) our values. If they did, they would also believe that MOST Americans would see the rightness of these principles upon which our nation was built, and became the freest, greatest, and most prosperous nation on Earth. Frankly, I don't know that they can't see that; I just believe that they would rather sit there in DC reaping the benefits of their power, than to have to fight for the things they profess to believe. I can tell you that I have no doubt but that the party will NEVER rise to the occasion. What the Congress has done (not done) for the past three years under Boehner's "leadership" (along with the so-called "Young Guns," Cantor and Ryan) should tell us (it completely does, actually) all we need to know about the GOP. NOW, they are actually strategizing to defeat the Tea Party - the only thing keeping them alive and in power. I may refuse to vote in the future. Until WE, the true Conservatives, actually wake up and throw these impostors out (by forming our own party), we will continue to be betrayed. It will be our own fault, however, as the truth is all too obvious at this point. The GOP has no intention of doing ANYTHING which would constitute defying the power structure, as they are a part of it. Period. And that will NOT change.
Tom Ballantyne - Author of Oh Really, O'Reilly! and Uncommon Sense...Appparently!

Don't be so impatient: Realignment and reform take a lot of time. As sick as the GOP is, it won't be reformed in a brief period of time.

I suspect a lot of House members who voted to disconnect the Debt Ceiling from ObamaCare funding -- I think there were 87 -- are going to be retired in 2014. This is an opportunity to take back the party.

As ObamaCare becomes a greater catastrophe by the week, I would not want to be someone running for re-election in the House having enabled the implementation of ObamaCare. Those people are doomed.

Conversely, Ted Cruz' courageous speech drew attention to the fact that at least the Tea Party is serious about opposing ObamaCare, and will try any means at its disposal to fight its implementation. Such courage will eventually be recognized and rewarded.

If not, then we are cooked as a nation, and we'd better start thinking about some place to flee...

I knew both Bushes were worthless neocon phonies as soon as Bush Sr. started yapping about all that "new world order" garbage, which is just a fancy way of saying he wanted the U.S. to cave in to any demands by U.N. one world govt. rats. I don't know why all those Democrats hate Bush Jr. so much. There's hardly any difference between them and him.

I'm not trying to "one-up" you, but I knew G.H.W. Bush was gonna be useless when he stated during his inaugural address (?) that he wanted "a kinder, gentler nation," which made it sound like Reagan had been Draconian, or something.

The left knew IMMEDIATELY they could take him out, when he showed a weakness like that, and did four years later...

I had forgotten about that, but you're absolutely right Earl.

Time to abandon the RINO herd, lest they trample us underfoot, as they did in the 2012 convention.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

You are absolutely right. I would point out, however, that the term "RINO" has become the epitome of redundancy, as the party as a whole (except for those who are Conservatives first, and Republicans last) is no longer Conservative). I prefer the term CINO, Conservative in name only. The corruption at the convention was nearly identical (the mockery of the "Roll-Call Vote) to that which played out at the Democratic Convention. Both a charade. Both corrupt to the core. The GOP is BEYOND being able to be reformed. The cancer has metastasized, and the body has rejected the one thing which could have cured it, the Tea Party.

It is not so much that we need a "third" party as that we need a REAL second party and not just an echo of the democrats.

With respect, PF, you seem to have missed my point. The "option" you suggest (reforming the NSGBOP - Not so Grand, but Old Party) will never happen. The compromises which would be required to do that would completely invalidate the effort. IOW, the reason the GOP must be abandoned (aside from the ubiquitous corruption) is that it will fight for nothing on principle, but incorrectly believes that compromise is essential. There can be no compromise with the rule of law. We either have it, or we don't...and right now - starting at least 100 years ago - we don't. So to compromise with the compromisers would defeat the whole purpose.

I am not suggesting reform of the RINO herd. I, too, agree that we must abandon the RINO herd. (My apologies for not making that clear.) BUT, I suggest that when we do so, we are not creating a "third" party, and are only creating a REAL second party; BECAUSE the republicans and the democrats are NOT truly two seperate parties, only two wings on the same ugly duck. We are in closer agreement than you think. I agree that to compromise with the compromisers would, indeed, defeat the whole purpose.

PF,
You are 100% correct. It should be as when the Republican Party replaced the Whigs. I don't believe the GOP - or the myriad people who believe that compromise is key (do we do that with the Ten Commandments, or has God?) - will go away; and, frankly, I don't care. The big lie (or simply a misreading of reality) is that the "independents" are either "moderate" or "undecided." The truth, I believe, is that the great majority of them (us) are disgusted with the NSGOP (Not-so-Grand Old Party), and refuse to support them. Unfortunately, for now, the Tea Party remains, for the most part, Republican. That is only a never-ending road to failure, however, IMAAHO.
You should read G. Edward Griffin. Google him. He has long noted that we have a one-party system.
Blessings, PF.
Tom

Funny coincidence that you should recommend G. Edward Griffin to me. I have been a fan of his since I read his book "The Fearful Master" way back in 1970 when I was in high school. I am also very fond of his book "The Creature from Jeckyl Island". Are you by any chance a JBS member ?

PF. I am not a member, but have read The Creature, and read his mission statement - forget what it is called - and it is right on the money (no pun intended!). The entire government operation is a charade - on "both" sides of the aisle.
Blessings!

And, blessings to you as well.

I get those RNC mailings, instead of junking them, I plan to tell them why I am not supporting them and send it back. Why not swamp them with nastygrams about their betrayal of conservative Americans? I support the Tea Party, they are the true voice of America. I also like the Heritage Foundation, they have some very intelligent people and good reports on their site.

They cry for donations and then we hear that they spend them for personal golf, dinners, and etc. There are only a few that I would send a dollar to.

I've lost count of the times I have told RNC beggars that I won't contribute to them anymore and that I only contribute to individual conservative candidates. I also explained why but they don't seem to get it.