An important time in our generation for the next generation

What is a Republican? Should one who considers himself a Republican even ask such a question? My friends, the party is in distress and we are approaching a turning point in our party's history. Many of you, whether Republican, Democrat or other, know how distressed the conservative base of the Republican base is when it comes to the issue of our front runner, John McCain.

John McCain represents what is wrong with this party in general. A desperate to please, group of establishment Republicans have hailed his coming and pushed for true conservatives to embrace him as our leader, despite his history of backstabbing and liberal behavior.

This last Friday, the California Republican Party held its spring convention right here in San Francisco. I volunteered my time to help out with the banquet. Essentially, I collected tickets at the front door. Nothing glamorous, but I like to help out when I can. The event was itself very nice and I got to see a few well known faces speak.

I wore a tan blazer with two pins on my lapel, one a pin with a Republican elephant on it. The pin said, Proud California Republican (I hope that does not put me in the same position as Schwartzanegger) and one American Flag pin that I made sure was positioned over the Republican pin. After all, my alliagence is to this country, not the party. And as long as the party continues to represent the best interest of the nation, I will support that party.

That is what brings me to this current state of dispair. I feel that a wide base of the Republican Party is so affraid of a Clinton or Obama administration that they are willing to settle for someone they do not want. This can be disasterous for the party and the country in general. We, the proud conservative base, boast our resistance to terrorist threats. We will not be moved to action by threats. But that is what is happening within our own party. The McCain camp is intent on convincing us that even if we do not agree all the time, he would be better than an evil Hillary or Obama ticket.

Fear works on the weak minded Mr. McCain, but not the objective minded conservatives who have bravely broken ranks with the establishment Republicans to say, "No!". My hatred for Hillary will not be enough to push me in your direction. To quote General George S. Patton, "I would rather have the Germans in front of me instead of the French behind me." I want to have the enemy in my sight. Not representing MY party.

Lets look at things realistically here. I will remain a Republican, and a proud one at that. To share the same party title as Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater is a great honor to me. And it is that honor that makes me so certain that we as a party cannot accept a status quo. We cannot be bullied by fear coming from our own party members. And we cannot vote for McCain.

Let us swallow our pride and prepare for 2010 and 2012 which, by then should have sent a clear message to the Party. We want conservative leadership, not an altamatum. We want a Republican, not a RINO. We survived Clinton for 8 years, we can do it again if neccessary.

A new year, a new post. Thoughts of the campaign trail

Yes, it's the new year. It's also going to be a very political year. This is of course very interesting for me, and devistating for other members of my family who will now have to deal with the TV constantly being tuned onto Fox News, MSNBC and CNN (Yes, I watch all three). Both the left and the right will be considering this to be the race that determines the fate of our nation.

However, don't think that if a Republican wins, that everything will be great. There are a lot of RINOs in the race this year, and it is up to us to remind them that we pull the strings. We, the true conservatives.

McCain has always bugged me. Should he get in, his love fest with illegal immigrants and friendly relations to uber-leftists will have to be under close scrutiny.

I, like many other Republicans are still undecided. Quite frankly, I wish there was another choice. (And no, I don't mean Ron Paul) Out of all those running, I tend to like Romney and Thompson the best. But at any rate, I would vote for just about anyone other than Hillary or Obama.

We are not electing a king after all. Just because we get a GOP president doesn't mean that we can all start relaxing. Take Bush for example. If it were not for the powerful outrage against "shamnesty" and the appointing of leftist, Harriiet Myers and the support of giving our eastern ports to Dubai, Bush would have approved all those things.

Should the unthinkable happen and Hillary or Obama get in, it could in some ways be a blessing in disguise. Nothing, short of another terrorist attack on our soil can mobilize the right quite like a Hillary/Communist Healthcare scheme or Obama/Terrorist Love fest.