I'm not saying Republicans should instantly support abortion or homosexual rights. But it's redundant of them to highlight their strong stand on social issues all the time.
Limit the size of gov't, cut taxes, and fight the WOT like WWII. Then the social issues will take care of themselves.
Honey, you are preaching Tancredo.
[Limit the size of gov't, cut taxes, and fight the WOT like WWII. Then the social issues will take care of themselves.]
DITTO THIS!
The Rosie O' Donnell wing of the Republican party had better stop throwing crap at the religious conservatives...
Bump.
I'm a social conservative, fundamentalist Christian. But, I agree with you 100%. Republican should be seen as Christian-fundamentalist friendly. However, it shouldn't be seen as Christian-fundamentalist party (only).
There's no evidence of that that I've seen. On the other hand I've seen plenty of evidence that folks in the middle voted for for more government, specifically in the area of free trade. This country is center right socially and center left fiscally.
Rudy is a Rockefeller Republican. And where were Rockefeller Republicans before President Reagan co-opted socially conservative democrats and fiscal conservatives? In the minority for an eternity.
Rudy's views are not socially moderate, if they were he could win easily. His views run to the extreme. While I see killing partially born full term babies as murder Rudy is just fine with that. To compound matters he pretends at being a Catholic. Now here's a problem for sure. Pro life Catholics, sadly only about half of us, will not look kindly on a presidential candidate of our religious persuasion supporting the killing of unborn babies right up until their final little toe emerges from the birth canal.
Rudy will need to finesse that and his penchant for gun grabbing if he wants to win the republican nomination. Tough job.
McCain, ototh, can finesse the social issues since his voting record is strong and will likely appeal to the republican primary electorate more than Rudy. His achilles heel is his unflinching support for victory in Iraq. Not to me , of course, but to Americas population alt large. He could finesse that however. What he can't finesse is that he's a nut. I would be very hesitant ever to pull the lever for John McCain.
I have no problem with Mitt Romneys religion but I think he's a bit milquetoast. In the age of islamofascism I would prefer more of a hrad case. Rudy and McZCain both fit that bill but I think DuncanHunter does as well. Hunter is an economic populist vis a vis trade but fiscally conservative on taxes. He's also a social conservative.
It's my opinion that social conservatives and fiscal conservatives can coexist in the Republican party especially since many are both. Anybody that says fiscal conservatives can win without the support of social conservatives is dreaming and social conservatives who think we can win without libertarian and fiscal conservatives are also dreaming.
Freepers ought to give that some thought. Social conservatives will vote for Rockefeller Republicans if they have moderate views on guns, abortion and the family unit. Likewise fiscal conservatives will vote for social conservatives who are also fiscally conservative with some assurance that they don't see the federal government as a ham fisted enforcer of morality. 10th Amendment stuff.
And now a question, what is a foreign policy conservative? Is that somebody that hunts down and kills our enemiesor somebody that advocates fortress America?