Quote Originally Posted by MuzzleFlash View Post
I've been a Republican my entire adult life and I no longer give to the party. Instead, I find conservative candidates that share my values and give to them. I can't stand the thought of my party donations going to the RINOS. If you gave to the party over the years, you're indirectly donating to some very solid folks but also giving to the likes of Charlie Crist, Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chafee, Mike Castle, George Voinovich, Richard Lugar, Mark Kirk and other extremely anti-gun RINOS. That's not even counting the second tier of go along, get along, useful idiot types like Orin "My good friend Ted Kennedy" Hatch, John "no drilling in ANWR, campaign-finance nazi" McCain, and Lisa "never pass on an earmark" Murkowski..

Here's where my donations go these days. Rabble rouser Jim DeMint's PAC:
http://senateconservatives.com/ . Not a Libertarian exactly, but these guys do a much better job of getting elected.
That would be why I said "conservatvie republicans". I don't care how conservative one might think a particular democrat candidate is, a democrat is a democrat and every one elected makes their agenda stronger.

Last year I donated to two political campaigns: Mike Coffman and Allen West.