I found the following link to be an interesting read.Do you see Ayn Rand as an example of true conservatism?
Does she represent what you want the GOP to follow?
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_intro
Based on what little else I know about her, it seems she was someone who had seen her fair share of Big Brotherlike involvement, and all she really wanted was to be free.