WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

WHEN I WAS COMING UP BACK IN THE 70'S, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU SAID THE WORD REPUBLICAN, IT MEANT CONSERVATIVE: SMALL GOVERNMENT, LOW TAXES, TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY,
HARD WORK AND REWARD. THEN DURING THE 80'S, THE IDEA OF THE "BIG TENT" BEGAN TO INFILTRATE THE PARTY. THE DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY GUILT-ED THE
REPUBLICANS INTO ABANDONING CORE PRINCIPLES TO GET VOTES. YOU KNOW, WE
LOVE EVERYBODY SO WE WON'T STAND ON PRINCIPLE. WE WON'T RISK MAKING ANYBODY MAD AT US. THE PARTY PRINCIPLES GOT SO WATERED DOWN THAT THE
TERM RINO WAS INVENTED ( REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY). IT IS WHEN A CANDIDATE
WOULD TRADE ON THE TRADITIONAL MEANING OF REPUBLICANISM TO GET ELECTED
THEN TURN LIBERAL. A COUPLE OR 3 SUPREME COURT NOMINEES GOT OVER ON
PRESIDENTS REAGAN AND BUSH 41 LIKE THAT. THEY WERE STRAIGHT ARROW CONSERVATIVE  REPUBLICANS TILL THEY GOT CONFIRMED. LOOK AT JUSTICE ROBERTS; WE WOULD'NT HAVE OBAMA CARE IF HE HAD'NT RE-WRITTEN THE LAW FOR OBAMA. SO, NOW WHEN YOU SAY REPUBLICAN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? THE REPUBLICAN PARTY USED TO BE THE HOME OF CONSERVATIVES BUT THEY ARE BEING
EVICTED....................


                                                                                                                  RONALD J LAMB