ROFLOLOLOLOLOLOL, now pull my other leg.
"Principle" in the same sentence with "Republican" and no negation to be seen anywhere? For "Republican" to come to mean even a shadow of what it once meant, you need to frog-march the current leadership piggish rulers out to the gallows and hang them. Slowly.
Please forgive me for holding back on my opinion...
I am not as cynical as you, but then again, I think social conservatives are important. I don't agree with some of they dolts that believe that somehow they lost the election.