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OK. This may soon become a pertinent topic whether we like it or not, due to the clamor over more and more prominent Republicans showing disdain for the direction of the GOP leadership's positions. I'm not just talking about Colin Powell and Christopher Buckley, but pockets of people all over the nation in recent times diverging from the ""party line"" who are calling themselves ""Goldwater Republicans,"" ""Eisenhower Republicans,"" etc.. Both Pat Buchanan and John Dean have been saying these things in the media for around a decade or more, that the GOP leadership isn't truly representative of a conservative position on the major issues that concern the United States. This isn't POV, it's really just what's been happening, and with Colin Powell's recent revelation on last weekend's 'Meet the Press' this has become an issue that is blatantly and embarrassingly visible.   "