[Hoot Gibson]

I'm sorry Hoot but there is no comparing what we have seen out of the present administration and any other. From the repeal of DADT, to the Republicans being locked out of the ObamaCare tax burdensome nightmare including the Jonathan Gruber revelations, to Benghazi, to Harry Reid's obstruction, to frozen and shrinking personal incomes, to using the likes of Al Sharpton as race relations advisor, to forced climate control, to foreign policy which if I had to compare to something the Tsarnaev brothers pressure cooker bombs come to mind.

The voters none the less as you point out, are being played. That's because they have not been involved enough nor informed enough to participate from the perspective of self governance. Voters must vet and subsequently hold public office holder's feet to the fire, and when they don't perform or mislead, they should be dispatched in exactly the same manner as November 4th, 2014. Otherwise, if we're going to sit back and just pull the lever with a D or R on it we're going the way of the Do-Do in any event.

Border control, Keystone pipeline, and the ridiculous regulations that have been belched out of brainstorming sessions straight out of La-La Land, are at least on the table again. If they sit on their hands or underwhelm us again, then it's time to turn the two party system on it's head.

I think you are missing the point that I am trying to make. I am not saying that any of the Republican candidates in 2016 will be anywhere near as bad as Obama. What I am saying is that if the Republican Party stood on principle, then a loathsome, anti-American candidate like Obama would never have been elected once, let alone twice. Instead of learning from the experience of living with Obama for two terms, the Republicans are still looking for common ground with Obama, and I think that the GOP occupies common ground with him on amnesty for illegals.

If Republicans cannot do better than another Bush, McCain, or Romney in 2016, then they will have to retake the White House without my support. The difference in these guys and Hillary Clinton is just not enough for me to support any of them again. If Romney could not beat Obama after a disastrous first term, then he does not deserve a second chance. We can do better. The Bush family has grown very close to the Clintons, so there is no way in the world that I will even consider a vote for Jeb.

I will enthusiastically support Ted Cruz until he either wins the presidency or withdraws from the race. If he is not the nominee in 2016, then I hope that he does not disappoint me by endorsing a RINO.

I know that there are millions of conservatives who feel much as I do. Some of them will cave and support whoever Karl Rove and the GOP establishment tells them to, but I predict that many in the conservative base will not compromise their principles again by voting for a moderate candidate produced by a rigged system.