[EagleandLiberty]

Exactly. The cause of true conservatism is being destroyed by this social/religious conservative nonsense. There are huge numbers of people who actually would like to see much smaller government and much less regulation, who vote Democrat because they are appalled by the “social conservative” stuff, which really just boils down to more government meddling.

Exactly... my friend is a democrat CONSERVATIVE and he can't stand the Republicans because of social conservatives. Another friend is a Democrat and he owns a business and he is a Dem because the Dems are ok with gay people. Are we? No, we aren't.

Sorry, Social Conservatives, but you caused us to lose. We need to rebuild the GOP and we need to bring the REAGAN DEMOCRATS into the Party.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Sorry, Social Conservatives, but you caused us to lose.

You appear to be basing this entirely on anecdotal information. The available statistical information indicates that you are mistaken. This is the tragedy of libertarians, an inability to get along with their only possible allies for economic liberty because of an insistence on a libertine social policy.

[Dead Corpse]

I live "socially conservative". I don't need a government to tell me to do this. This is the very essence of being a libertarian.

As a Country, we have lost our Principles. We've lost that feral desire to be free and to live our lives for our selves and to our own ends without having to destroy others to get there.

Until THAT attitude changes, or someone comes along to change it, then no amount of re-shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic will keep us afloat.