Conservative revolution

Because many politicians in the Republican Party have been abandoning conservative principles, many Republican voters have been joining or at least looking at the Constitution or Libertarian parties. I agree that if the Republican Party abandons conservative principles we should look elsewhere, but there is reason for hope.

As a country, we obviously understand Congress is doing a poor job, as this Gallup poll indicates:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108142/Confidence-Congress-Lowest-Ever-Any-US-Institution.aspx

What we don't understand is that it is our own senators and representatives that are causing the problem. It's funny how we do this with both Congress and public education. We rate both poorly, but then deny that our own elected representatives or our own public schools are part of the problem. We need to wake up! They are!

Utah conservative radio talkshow host Bob Lonsberry decided to endorse Jason Chaffetz over 12-year incumbent Rep. Chris Cannon at the last minute. Here's the link to his endorsement:

http://www.570knrs.com/pages/bobs_blog.html?page=2

Chaffetz would probably have won anyway, but Lonsberry is a powerful voice for conservatism in Utah and definitely contributed to the 60% of the vote Jason received. Interestingly, now Bob has set his sites on a new target--incumbent Senator Bob Bennett.

http://www.570knrs.com/pages/bobs_blog.html

Now I understand why so many incumbents endorsed Rep. Cannon (just check on YouTube). Once one goes down, we start to understand our power. Lonsberry is right. We gave Republicans the presidency, the Senate, and the House, and what did they do with it? They acted like liberals. They increased the size of the federal government and the national debt, half fought the War on Terror, neglected to protect our borders, and left our rich oil and alternative energy sources untapped. We need to show them that if they want our votes, they will have to support conservative principles and especially the Constitution. I'm on board with Lonsberry. As a precinct chair, I will do all I can to ensure that these so-called conservatives are defeated and replaced by true conservatives. If the Republican Party doesn't get back to true conservative principles, too many true conservatives will stay home from the polls and liberals will have their way with our government and our tax dollars.