A Party Hostile to me

I am hearing a lot about how those in the establishment (or within the beltway) believe that the GOP needs to moderate its views on abortion and immigration.  I will just say that for me, especially the abortion issue, will cause me to seriously look at what I am supporting.  The truth is a Romney nomination as the GOP Presidential candidate was a no-win for those like me, evangelical, pro-life, against amnesty, right-wing section of the Republican party.  They have been wanting to get rid of us for a while.  Every lost election for the GOP the last few years, it has been the right-wing, evangelical section that has been thrown under the bus.  They only "court" us when they need us, such as in 2004 when the "value-voters" won it for Bush.   I voted for Romney because I don't think our country will survive, not in its current state, under four more years of Obama.  Should Romney have won, the establishment crowd would be telling us that they can win with a moderate because, basically, those like me just line up and vote for them because the alternative was so bad.  Because Romney lost, we are also getting blamed, even though he won independents (which was the target group he was going after).  I guess they really needed us conservatives after all since it was many conservatives who stayed home because they didn't believe there was a "real" difference between the candidates. So we get blamed for that one too and now those "in-the-know" are saying views on abortion and immigration need to be moderated.   Either way, win or lose for Romney, the right-wing of the party was going to get thrown under the bus.

So what is my response to this.  Well, for now I am just going to sit back and see what happens.  If they do decide to change these views, I think you will see an internal war and will see a mass exodus from the party. Since my state primaries are closed, the options for me are very limited.  I can either continue to support candidates who espouse my views and do that until there are none left for me to vote for or I can change my party affiliation to independent.  Time will only tell what I will do.

I do believe this election opened a lot of people's eyes to the fact that just because someone is a Republican doesn't mean they are a Christian.  And now with many "insiders" within the GOP willing to throw evangelicals under the bus, I hope that many more eyes will be opened.  I have said before and I will say it again, no political party will save our country.  Only God can do that. Are you still praying for revival?  I am.