Oh, I agree, truly. I'm just hoping against hope that they start thinking about something other than themselves for half a second. If they really feel the way they do, and refuse to compromise with the other 80% of the GOP, my personal opinion is that they ought to form their own party, vice trying to make all other conservatives fit their mold. If they're really as powerful as they claim to be, then they should have no problem raising the funds and getting the spokespeople they need. And we're happy because we aren't considered to be of the same mind as them, and dragged down with them.
FWIW. All I mean is, if they are willing to step outside themselves for a minute, they could see that a little compromise isn't going to hurt them at all...and that they can't control everyone around them, as much as they may feel entitled to.
FWIW. All I mean is, if they are willing to step outside themselves for a minute, they could see...
indeed.
and that is very very large "IF" you put in there.
I agree with you.
But after the last few elections, and the 'wallbuilders' club of keyes, moore and mcclintock worshippers... it's pretty apparent that the 20 percenters you refer to, consider the 80 percenters, all RINO's. (I doubt their numbers are 20%).
They won't change.
They think that since 80 percent of all God-believing folks voted for Bush that THEY are the 80. What they don't realize is that MOST of the 80 percent who voted W, are actually fiscons, with moderate social views.
The extremists will find out after they quit distorting the statistics to try and leverage the codification of their sectarian canon laws, into federal law... that they are NOT the majority. No one wants a taliban 'religion as law' bunch of folks, of ANY particular faith running the show.
And eventually they will see that our opposition to infanticide and gun confiscation, has little to do with their religious denomination of choice, and a LOT to do with the 'leave me alone dammit' spirit of REBELLION against authoritarianistic religious divine right, that WAS old 'religion obsessed' Europe.
I just hope they get the message BEFORE we finish our war against religious extremists from the middle east, and conceive that we don't want THEIR extremism either...
I doubt they will.