Re: We need to return to tried and true GOP principles [Letter, Village News, 10/7/10]

I have a request for Robert Green. Please spell out what the Republican Party principles are that you so cherish, not a bunch of platitudes but fundamental policy criteria.

Mr. Green has repeatedly lamented the demise of his beloved Republican party of some time past. And then he denigrates Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement. It seems to me that they embody the principles of less government and individual empowerment (which I consider core Republican values) whereas the Republican establishment is drifting towards the welfare state philosophy of the Democrats.

Make no mistake; the policies...