All due respect to Ronald Regan, I must steal his comments on the Democrats to express my feelings on the Republicans.

I have been a Republican since I started voting in 1976.  I worked locally on President Regan's campaign in Texas in 1980.  Every election since, I have voted for a Republican President, mostly, as I have told my 2 eldest children who now can vote, not for the candidate, but against the other.

The events of the past few weeks, and the abandonment of any pretext of standing on values have brought me to the conclusion that I haven't been part of the solution, I have been part of the problem.

From this point forward I will only vote for conservative candidates, men and women that will stand for their beliefs in the face of the nay-sayers, the neo-Chamberlains, and the ad hominem attacks by the media.  I will let the Republican house of cards collapse on itself, much as they currently want the ACA to do.  In races where there is no conservative candidate running, I will regretfully abstain.

While I am sure that I will not always agree with the positions of these candidates, I will only vote for men and women that have the courage to state their beliefs regardless of whether I personally like it or not.  I will chose the candidate that meets my belief structure as closely as possible and rely on their courage and moral structure to lead them to the right position.

I hope all conservatives will do the same.

Will this mean more Democrats will be elected? Probably, but pray-tell, what is the difference between the current Republican leadership and Harry Reed?  My vision isn't good enough to distinguish between the two.  Only supporting true, stalwart conservatives will undoubtedly destroy the Republican party but it will put more men and women into office that will stand up and say, THIS FAR AND NO MORE.