Oh....so you are a RINO then.
http://www.operationrino.com/
Dear Father Sarcasm.
The polite term is NEW REPUBLICANS. I know politeness is a concept you struggle with daily, but at least keep trying. I am sure that deep beneath all your sarcasm, your rude, and snide comments, (which you exhibit to anybody who disagrees with you) there is a nice person trying to get out.
Perhaps it would help for you to return to the Vatican and relearn the parts of the Bible where Jesus said to LOVE your neighbor, apparently you missed that part.
But back to your question.
30 years ago the great institution known as the GOP was subverted by Imperialists, Religious Zealots, Massive Global Corporations and a few other self-serving fanatics who hide their personal agendas by wrapping it around the flag. I must admit that this was a very effective technique as most of the masses were too uneducated or indifferent to notice the principals of the GOP and of this great nation of ours being stolen by snake-oil salesmen.
Thankfully, the utter incompetence, negligence, dishonesty, and nastiness of some the current batch of people that call themselves 'Republican'
finally awoke people, long since silent people within the party, and the nation at large. Their wrath was felt last November 2006 and it most probably will be felt in again 2008.
This is why we call several of the GOP Presidential candidates are 'NEW' Republicans to differentiate them from the soon-to-be-extinct
OLD ones.
So what do new 'NEW' Republicans believe in? The same thine the original GOP party did of old. A Moderate party platform.
Small Government, Balanced budgets, paying off debts, Strong Defense, (but not military adventuring), a strong dollar, a strong economy (not just Corporate America), low unemployment, low taxes (for all, not just the rich), a respect for all American citizens and citizens of the world, a respect for American and international law, and the US Constitution.
Many of these concepts have been long forgotten.