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I get pleas for money by conservative candidates and organizations at all levels. As with most people, I have limited funds, so I have to make tough choices on who gets how much. Basically I want to see that my money is being well spent on things I believe in. As it’s my money I don’t feel that’s inappropriate.

Now I perfectly understand that I will not agree with any one person or organization on every issue. And really I don’t expect to. When it really comes down to it, I have a couple big issues I put my foot down on, otherwise I just like to know my money is being well spent. Lately the RNC has failed on both of those accounts.

Big issues, have lately been fiscal conservatism and immigration. Republicans have been spending like drunk sailors (no offense to my sailor friends). Actually that’s not even accurate, because at least sailors are spending their own money and when they run out they stop spending. The other issue immigration, well….some of them have be doing a good job, but then you have renegades like McCain promoting amnesty, and our top elected official pushing it as well. Now I understand the RNC doesn’t put a shock collar on it’s candidates, although it might be something for them to look into. But both are largely unpopular with their base and the nation at large, and neither make any sense, so why do it?

But then I’d also like to know that my money is being well spent, and it’s obvious that money given to the RNC is not spent wisely.

Lugar said that if one Democratic senator were to step forward and support Bolton, he might be able to set a committee vote before the recess. In the meantime, Lugar added, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a Rhode Island Republican, is holding up the nomination with questions about the Bush administration’s Middle East policy.

Now like most of the conservative persuasion, I wasn’t exactly happy that the Republican Party committed large amounts of funds to get Chafee through the primary. But I bit my tongue for a couple reasons. First of all, I wasn’t convinced his opponent Steve Laffey could win the election, so a half-assed Republican is better than a Democrat any day. And also because I thought it may indebt him to the party and he would be more willing to actually act like a Republican.

However, after committing massive funds to get him through the primary he turns around and spits on the conservatives the first chance he gets?? If we’re gonna spend money on something, shouldn’t we expect something for that money???

Sorry RNC, I would love to help you out, but when you turn a blind eye to my favorite issues and then show reckless disregard for spending the money that’s been donated to you, well, you aren’t exactly making a real good case for yourselves. Instead I’ll spend my money on local candidates and organizations like the NRA.