Stuff it.
Your party is an enemy to Conservatism and I will use every fiber of my being to end it.
If Conservatism is going to exist in any capacity - it will have to exist outside of the corrupt institution of the Republican party.
@INVAR @truth_seeker The problem is human nature. MOST people are followers,not leaders. It HAS to be that way or mankind would be in a perpetual state of war as each human fought the other humans for dominance. We all,DEFINITELY including me,LOVE to ridicule the "sheeple",but the truth is society doesn't work at all without them. Ideas are fine things,but worthless without someone to follow them.
Which all means that even though 75 percent (a number I pulled out of my ass) of the people who self-identify as conservatives will be VERY reluctant to leave what they know and are comfortable bitching about for a party that has no history,and more than anything else,politics is a number game.
In FACT,what *I* am seeing right now in real time is a hell of a lot of actual conservatives,as opposed to "single issue" (abortion,gun control,etc) conservatives have already left the party by voting for Trump instead of one of the usual Party Suspects,and they are under attack by the Republican Pod People for being "traitors to the cause",and they (including me in this one) are in turn attacking the Party Pod People for lack of vision,imagination,intelligence,and character. Ok,I MIGHT be just a tad biased on that one,but you get my point.
Luckily for us all,the Dims are also split,as the Bernie Bolsheviks are competing with the Stalinist Socialists for power ober de peep-pulls. With any luck at all this will keep them from joining forces and dominating the nation while those of us on the right TRY to get our acts together IF we are lucky enough to see Trump virtually destroy the stranglehold the corrupt Gay Old Party of today holds on people still aware enough to resist outright communism.
IF the nation is lucky,we MIGHT see weasels like Lady Lindsey,the entire Bush Crime Family,McLunatic,and the rest of the RINO's decide to form a new party so they can stay in control of SOMETHING and keep the graft and cash payoffs for treason flowing,and a new Conservative political party will arise with people in leadership as well as just Party Member positions working towards creating an actual Constitutional government that recognizes that people have responsibilities as citizens,as well as rights.
Chances are it's not going to happen because the people in power LOVE being in power so much they will shape-shift to appear to be whatever they need to appear to be to attract the votes of the people who pay attention to politics for 30 days every 4 years.
The only people with the power to really make changes are the voters,and clearly they just can't be bothered.