[general_re]

We are conservatives, not angels, after all. Even Bill Buckley had a toke once upon a time.

[PatrickHenry]

Now that I think about it, Rand was pro-choice. At least up to a point. But she was anti-welfare, anti-gay rights, etc. I'd say she was conservative. Not 100%, but enough to blow away the notion that her atheism was a bar to being socially conservative.