Party's message turns off would-be republicans

Soon-to-be-vilified patriots comment on doughy pantload Jonah Goldberg's USA Toady piece which asked, "What does the future hold for GOP?"

Two things must happen for me to again confidently vote Republican:

The Republican Party must officially state that evolution is a scientific fact, and that "creation science" has no more validity than alchemy, claims that the earth is flat, or that conservatives are "compassionate."

Well, OK, that last bit was me.

When this happens, I will know that reasonable, rational minds run the party. Though I am not at all comfortable with Democrats, I am nothing short of appalled at the idea of the religious right pushing us toward a medieval theocracy.

Two, the party's true leaders must unambiguously state that a racist, self-righteous blowhard (I'm thinking Rush Limbaugh) doesn't speak for the GOP. When this happens, I'll know the party has returned to the ideals of the historical leaders in whom I have always believed, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Taft, Margaret Chase Smith and Barry Goldwater.

In the meantime, I won't hold my breath party affiliation will not sway my vote in favor of a candidate, but it could very well sway my vote against one.

You can just picture the indignant screams of "good riddance, RINO!" coming from the rightwing blogodrome. Next:

I have never been a member of either political party, but I voted Republican for many years. When I realized that the party had been taken over by those who were trying to legislate social values and religious beliefs, then I could no longer vote for Republicans.

Political parties should be political, and they shouldn't be in the business of making it illegal for me to follow my own values and religious beliefs.

Nice try, guys, but NOBODY at gpuke headquarters is LISTENING.