Cleaning out an old desk littered with papers from my past, I ran across this gem.  I don’t think I was the author, but judging from the papers I found it with, it must have been written circa 1990, and I was disturbed by Bush the Elder’s liberal mush, so it struck a chord.  It strikes an entire opus today.

“Not only did the Republican Party fail to articulate the important message of conservatism, the messages they did articulate were often in direct opposition to the coherent conservative philosophy, adopting as planks in the party platform measures that disavowed the party’s abhorrence of governmental interference into the personal affairs of the people of this nation.

               The Republican Party has a real challenge ahead.  We need to counter the empty humanitarian rhetoric of the liberals and articulate a real plan for divesting the federal government of its power and influence.  We do not need politicians who care about our needs, but politicians who respect us and are willing to protect our rights and allow us to take responsibility for our lives.”