Big Tent = Cocktail Umbrella

The Republican State Convention is this week in Houston. If you think the party leadership is upstanding, honorable, and committed to truth and the rule of law, think seriously again. We witnessed the unraveling of that belief right before our very eyes.

http://www.fairconvention.org

http://www.rightintexas.com

There are many within the Republican party who still hold to the values it stands for, the Goldwater, Regan, constitutional, limited government, freedom for all values. But the leadership has been for the most part hijacked by people willing to sell out. This hijacking has been slow and stealthy and is now firmly rooted.

But there is a fight going on in Houston this week to root out the imposters and restore the GOP to what it was and what it can be again. Some of our friends are there. Brad and I witnessed the lies and deception firsthand through our own participation in the Parker County election and convention. If you're interested, let me know. It's too long and too sad to post here.

The media wants to spin it as just some "Ron Paul crazies" stirring up trouble. Please believe me that is not the case. We discovered that the GOP hasn't been following its own rules, or those of the Texas election code, for many years, while they continue to spout their love of the grassroots and their staunch adherence to truth. This is happening in county after county and state after state, all the way to the top of the national GOP. They've got their dog and pony show just the way they want it and don't want new input or anyone actually requiring them to stick to the law.

The Republican Party is hemorraging and I cannot see how they will win November with John McCain (who is the furthest from a conservative Republican imaginable.) The GOP can either accept the infusion of the thousands of grassroots people who've gotten involved this year. Or they can die a perhaps not so slow death. I personally hope the transfusion works. We will never "hold our noses" again and vote. And there are over a million of us who feel the same way. Sorry for the bummer post. I felt I needed to say it.