Republicans: the wayward party

So the GOP race seems down to 2. You would think the choice for Republicans is pretty obvious, but from the Florida results you've gotta wonder what affects the sun's radiation is actually having on the good citizens of the sunshine state. In one corner you've got basically the male version of Hillary Clinton......wait, that's Bill, I mean the really old male version of Hillary. You know, the one who threatened several years back to leave the Republican party to become an independent or even a Dem, who voted against Bush's tax cuts twice, authored McCain Feingold Hint #1: M.F is to free speech what Rosie O'Donnell is to pleasant conversation. A guy who just last year, came up with amnesty as the solution to the immigration program. Hint #2: In Washington, "comprehensive" pretty much means worthless. Oh, and he's a lifelong Senator (no, that's NOT a good thing).
Contrast that with Mitt Romney. His specailty is basically gutting inefficient organizations and getting results, oh and he did that in the real world. One vital conservative principle is limited government, and this guy will limit it guaranteed. He is for tax cuts, both individual AND corporate. Hint #3, that's a GOOD thing. Let me explain for a second. Our country has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. Now if you're Company X, and you could bring your operation with tons of jobs here and pay a boatload in taxes, or go overseas and pay less, what do you pick? Lower taxes only helping the rich is a big boatload of crap (and I know big boats, I'm in the Navy!). He is adament about staying on the offensive against islamic extremism. He is also for this not so radical idea called enforcing existing laws by securing our borders and... I dunno, stopping for example, the use of taxpayer money for in-state tuition breaks for illegal immigrants. Romney is the genuine article folks. A true conservative that that hasn't been seen for 20 years.
Now you probably realized by now I believe in conservatism. I truly feel that this country is the greatest in the history of the world because of it's people and the constitution, not the government. Yes government can do some good, and is necessary, but more often than not it gets in the way at best and hinders prosperity and freedom at worst. I could go on and on with statistics and rhetoric, but let me use just a couple examples. First off, if you look at wealth distribution, it has very little to do with what you were born into. The caste systems and rich-by-birthright Robin Hood times are gone. Crazy at it sounds, people succeed or fail in this nation largely because of the choices they make (for instance, having an illegitamate child is probably the single biggest factor in poverty risk, more than race-despite what the media says). People who are really hurting aren't that way because the goverment isn't doing enough, but there are people, in fact, even an entire party, that gains it's power by leading people to believe just that. Now that i've ripped on the Dems, I must say that the point of this piece is actually to rip on the right. That's right; the Republican party has been slowly going wayward since 1988, and we're looking at the point of no return now. For review: In 1980, the last true conservative, Ronald Reagan, was elected president. Now this republican actually acted like a conservative, consequently the country loved him, evidenced when he went up for reelection where he won by about the biggest landslide in history (49 of the 50 states). Since then, there's been a slow decay of conservative principles. In 88 George H took over. He was what you might call half-conservative at best...growing government...raising taxes...and he lost his reelection bid. The country then chose good ol Clinton..(note a common theme, repeated in 2006: when Republicans forget conservative principles, Democrats get elected!)I wont even go into Clintons's years, but needless to say conservatism took a back seat for awhile, except in congress. In 2000 George W takes over, but as a half...no....more like 40% conservative at best. Yes he led us wisely in the war on terror, for which I am grateful, and appointing judges to the Supreme Court with more exposure to the constitution than what they've seen on Jeopardy didn't hurt. He did lower taxes, but forgot that all important (i.e. most important) step of limiting goverment, and consequently the deficit is huge and people are a little upset. So here we are, 2008. The Crossroads of Conservatism (I should copywrite that). I may be overdramatic...in fact I HOPE somehow I am, but this Republican primary is huge, crucial, pivotal...you get the point. If we actually nominate John Mccain all hope may be lost. I've said it before, but Mitt Romney just has to win the white house this fall. Let the wayward party return!