Baloney? It isn’t just RP supporters who have witnessed some of the power plays by the local R party establishment. As I posted in other threads, a friend (Huckabee supporter) who has been active in the Texas R party for years watched the local county chair break the rules several times in order to prevent decent conservative resolutions (eg getting rid of the income tax) from being brought up by RP delegates and others. Conservatives should be leaders in supporting principles and rules. Republicans who defend or justify rule-breaking in order to protect the party establishment are not conservatives.
You obviously have heard a lot of stories, but haven’t given any real specifics. (Who, where, when?)
Nor have you read the Platform. http://www.texasgop.org/site/DocServer/2006_Plat_with_TOC_2.pdf?docID=2022
The Republican Party of Texas Platform already calls for the end of the income tax and the repeal of the 16th Amendment. See the top of page 24.