“Conservatives can will always avoid arguing from a position of emotion. You and I can get along politically, outside of our personal emotions. Our common ground is the Constitution from where we should always take facts and present them with thought and reason...not emotion. That’s what makes a conservative.”
With all due respect, I heartily disagree. Human beings just don’t function that way. Of course, emotions color our thinking. We are not automatons, after all.
A good percentage of the reaction to Govenor Palin at FR is emotional, and there is nothing wrong with that. It’s a little hard to get motivated over a dry, scholarly treatise. A good balance of emotion and loginc makes for good political campaigns.
Now, I would agree that conservatives should not, and would not, act SOLELY on emotion. Liberals might (Yes, we can!), but I’d say that only paleos would base their politics on raw emotion, and they are only marginally conservative IMHO.
Thank you for making that distinction. I can agree with it.