An Open Letter to the Republican National Committee

Stop calling me.

I'm a dedicated political conservative.  I believe in freedom before free stuff, independence rather than dependence, and equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcome.  I believe in the United States Constitution and quite a few of the amendments thereto.  I believe in balanced budgets, whenever and however possible.

I believe that sometimes tough decisions have to be made.  I believe sometimes the right thing isn't the easy thing.  I believe in personal responsibility.

I'd like to see some from you.

While millions went jobless, and the ill-considered Affordable Care Act loomed on the immediate horizon, what is it that you were worried about?  It was whether or not CNN and NBC will run programming featuring (or "promoting") Hillary Clinton.

Was that really the biggest problem facing the United States of America?

I remember a call to action requiring some hundred dollars or so of my money so you could run a full-page ad in the New York Times decrying some Democrat or Democrat policy.  Is that all it takes to change things?  If it is, I'd like to take out a full-page ad in the New York Times next week declaring me to be the winner of the next Powerball jackpot.  After that I'd take out another ad declaring world peace and an end to all hunger and disease.  Hell, I'd take out two ads just in case someone's starving on Mars, too.

Full-page ads do nothing.  NOTHING.  Whatever it was you were railing against in that ad happened anyway.  Whatever you called about tonight will happen anyway.  And who cares what CNN and NBC show?  Are they relevant anymore in an era of on-demand programming via satellite and internet?

What I'd like to see is legislation from the party.  What I'd like to see is a concerted effort to win the hearts and minds of people by explaining once and for all time that we don't want senior citizens and children to freeze to death in the dark with empty bellies.  We want people to have affordable access to medical care.  We want everyone to have a decently-paying job.

It's time to show that spending tax dollars wisely and to the greatest effect isn't racist, or sexist, or any kind of -phobic that anyone can think of.

It's time to return power to the States, where the Founders intended it to be.  100 years of income tax later, we have an out-of-control government that needs serious curbs on spending and where it's allowed to stick its nose.

You talk a good fight--no, actually, you don't.  The party fights more for re-election than it does for principle.  I smell a whiff of "we're out of ideas and stalling for time" coming out of HQ there, folks.

Running McCain against Obama was insanity--McCain has all the charisma of a wet sponge.  Running Mitt Romney against Obama was slightly more savvy, as he has the charisma of a dry sponge.

Oh what the Hell--I'm available for 2016.  Call me--for that only.