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Group Hug!
It depends on how you define 'conservative'.
I consider the core of conservatism at the national level to be:
1. Strong national defense
2. Low taxes
3. Strict constructionist judges with regard to rights reserved for the states.
The Constitution was designed not to give the Federal government any say over social issues.
Are both candidates conservatives or is one a partial conservative? If there is such a thing.
Conservatives usually vote GOP by default. BUT, right now de fault lies with the GOP.
Nice post. At this point, I think the only GOP candidate I couldn't support in the General Election would be McCain. As an Arizonan I have learned not to trust him since his opinions swing so wildly without any ideological or logical compass. I could see him nuking Iran one week and surrendering to N. Korea the next. He's just loco, irrational and doesn't know what he's doing.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
a good number of them will.
but look at it this way - we may not be able to win the presidency without them, but we surely cannot win the presidency with ONLY them.
so what path do you want to choose? a sure loss, or a possible win.
Liberal Republicans like Guiliani are more dangerous than liberal democrats,
because liberal Republicans BLUR THE DISTINCTION between liberalism and conservatism,
making LIBERALISM MUCH MORE ACCEPTABLE.
The GOP is not going to fix itself. That said, I don't have much hope for conservatives doing what they should have done after Ronaldus Maximus left office; set up their own political party and told the GOP to take a long hike off a short pier.
Unfortunately, conservatives are the battered spouses of American politics. They are routinely abused by the GOP and have been for decades. But they'll never take the initiative to simply walk out the door.
We tend to forget that a political party is a tool for getting members of that party elected to office. Hard stop. It is not an ideological construct.
I would tend to support Romney, then consider Rudy BECAUSE executive experience is important and a governor (hopefully a mayor) beats a Senator.
An issue no one mentions is VERY important - fighting corruption. The GOP is sooo stupid to be tagged as corrupt, when in many states the republican US Attorney is the ONLY check on democrat corruption. New Jersey - need I say more?
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Many otherwise very capable men have given up political life, and command, after that surgery.
...vote for a win in 2008 no matter who (except Rudy) is our candidate?
I don't get it. Please list Rudy's qualifications that make him the guy who "can best handle the job as CIC." If I recall correctly, Rudy has no military training or experience whatsoever. Even dropped out of ROTC and got a deferment from serving in Vietnam because he was a much needed law clerk. Clinton did the same thing and we all called him a "draft dodger" not the man best suited to lead as CIC.
I'm just tired of the "If you don't support Rudy, you'll get Hillary" argument.
IMHO, it's an argument worthy of the drive by media, not Freepers.
Are moderate Republicans asking Conservatives to turn their backs on their principals and beliefs and vote against something they strongly believe in? Where is the compromise on their part. Seems very one sided to me. Sad.
I refuse to vote for any potential gun grabber...period!
All I know is that November 7th hurt conservatives more than it did RINO's... whether we will be a factor or not in 2008, remains to be seen.
Even to the extent of watching Hillary take office.
Not sorry, but that's the way it is.
If a pro-abortionist is elected so be it, but it will be without my help.