I'll betcha that if the GOP adhered to the self-evident truths it professes to believe -- such as the fact life begins at conception -- with the same fidelity the Democrats exhibit for their Litmust Test personal opinions, they might actually make that claim one day.
As it is, the Democrats regularly can count on those who are "personally opposed, but" to assure them of the majority.
As Keunnelt-Ledhinn has said, The Present Age is Largely Leftist Inspired. It's truly past-time to be conversing in terms of Left/Right when Left/Far-Left is more like it.
(Personally, I'd like to see folks get past that horizontal notion entirely and lift their heads long enough to see that the real action is in Human/SubHumans these days ... be it our elite Conditioners who are above the law they dish out for the rest of us or the models on which we base both ESCR and the newly revamped notions of limited human rights for official non-persons.)
Exactly... As the democrats have moved ever to the left the republicans have followed.. Pure genius I would say.. The republican party today is not conservative because the "center" has moved left.. Whos the genius and whos the morons here.. Its no longer about abortion unless we are talking aborting the Constitution.. Following the democrats left is NOT leading, unless your "leading" leftward on purpose.. Which seems to be the plan..
Bush's "I'm for Unity" gambit in the "I'm Unite'er not a divider", canard is a telling example of this.. The question of "Uniteing with WHAT".. has not even been asked yet.. Uniteing Socialism with the American Constitution seems to be the meaning of those words.. The apple don't fall to far from the tree.. His daddy was and is a wimp too.. Don't take any courage to send other peoples sons off to die.. in faux aggressive demeanor.. I'm for the war in Iraq.. but the war in Iraq without a vitual war in Washington D.C. is merely a diversion.. from cutting the roots.. of the REAL enemy.. Americas enemies has serious political strength in the democrat party.. and it seems in the republican party too..
The question, "What are you dividing FROM ?".. should be the conversation.. Not what are you uniteing with... because the first question will expose the second.. We've met the enemy and enemy is US.. not some third world relgious cult..