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Even those who are being touted as alternatives to the RINOs McCain, Giuliani, and Romney are saying NOTHING about the life and family issues that Social Conservatives like yours truly care most about. We're starting to feel like we've been marginalized. Doesn't make you want to go to the trouble to go out and vote. It sure does seem that the GOP is turning a deaf ear to Social Conservatives...

Perhaps being a social conservative was always a losing proposition... if we take a look back at the world, post world war II to the present, social conservatives have not had it very good. We only thrive in an atmosphere of consensus; otherwise, we are just trying to stop the social decline caused by our decaying values. It is, however, always worth the fight. And, even marginalized, we obviously have some power when the Rudophilic apologists plead with us to accept this for the good of the party. I think I have to, like the commercial says, "answer to a Higher Authority" than the NR or some Wall Street suits.

No Hildy, we don't know that the "righteous-right" will pull the R lever when it comes down to Rudy vs. Hillary, sadly.

And I think the politicians and strategists are ALSO learning that the social conservatives cannot be counted on to pull that lever for them, so in that respect, pat yourself on the back.

Unfortunately, congresscritters being what they have always been, are justifiably deciding that the only way to build a winning percentage today is to court further left and avoid touching the THIRD RAIL of social conservatives, abortion.

In 1980, there was such a thing as a social conservative democrat, aka "Reagan Democrats." Show me one today?

So, you can try to train the puppies in congress to follow your lead by letting go the leash, but I don't think you're going to get the result you want.

Thus I have a question for you Titan-think alikes. Is this "teach them a lesson" thing a suicide pact for the country? After 8-yrs of Hillary-care, where abortion-on-demand and empryonic stem cell harvesting is paid for by the federal government, do you think you'll be in a better position to get Roe v Wade overturned?

"It sure does seem that the GOP is turning a deaf ear to Social Conservatives..."

It should be obvious by now, the political world doesn't produce a Washington, Lincoln or Reagan for the benefit of social conservatives every 4 years. So you try to do the best you can with the choices presented that do the least amount of damage to the country.

Sometimes a great leader emerges, and the country benefits immensely - but the great leaders usually emerge in times of great conflict. As of today, Giuliani is the only candidate out there with that sense of leadership.