[k2blader]

I'm still pretty surprised you think liberals and "moderates" make up the GOP base. I was thinking/hoping the conservos were still in control. The question would make for a good FR poll.

You don't believe that for one minute.

Yes, I do believe that if the GOP base has gone left, the party can be expected to behave progressively leftist and support more and more leftism. Thing is--we don't know for sure if it has gone left. I see enough Republican FReepers protesting the Medicare bill and CFR to cause doubt in that arena.

If you want to a party of only conservatives, you will have to start one.

The Constitution Party seems to be conservative enough for me.

If one already existed, you would already be in it.

Nah, I don't believe in being a member of any political party. I just vote for the person with the best ideas.

[Consort]

I'm still pretty surprised you think liberals and "moderates" make up the GOP base.

If the Conservatives controlled it all then there would be no problems, right. Plus, the libs and mod give us scapegoats to blame for any screw-ups. We call them RINOs, among other things.

I see enough Republican FReepers protesting the Medicare bill...

You can't blame them. I wanted to see that money put into grants to universities and research outfits to study things like: why water is wet, the love life of fruit flies, how to increase the lumen output in lightning bugs....you know...the important stuff.

I was waiting for you to mention that like many others are doing, of late.

I don't believe in being a member of any political party. I just vote for the person with the best ideas.

I might have covered that in post #469.

[WOSG]

"I'm still pretty surprised you think liberals and "moderates" make up the GOP base. I was thinking/hoping the conservos were still in control. The question would make for a good FR poll."

Actually we are in control of the Republican party, in that Conservatives are the majority of the GOP and also most elected Republican officials (except in the NE) are conservatives. Also, look at any platform and its a 'right-wing' platform. *however*, you have a situation where the RINOs are the *swing* legislators in the Congress etc. So who is in 'control' the 70% of the House Republicans that are conservatives (who by themselves cant pass anything) or the 30% that are swing-vote moderates?