samsmart
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I had a whole response for you last night and DP went down, for maintaince. To end this debate I would be a conservative meaning I am a strong constitutionalist which a true conservative. The current republican memebers in Congress are not for the most part conservative. As a tea party'er I am not looking to become a third party but to flush out the Rhino's and replace them with real conservatives.
That may be what you're trying to do. However, it will be quite difficult to gain a majority of votes with that position. We have a winner-take-all electoral system, which means that the more fringe and marginalized a candidate is, the least likely he's expected to win a general election, while the more moderate he is the more likely he's expected to win a general election. So this "purging of RINO's" can only hurt the GOP rather than help when it comes to elections. Now, if you want to try to keep and maintain a pure party that's your choice. Just don't be surprised if you don't win too many general elections because of it.