[RepublicMan4U]

I can't help but wonder if the "South Park Conservative" movement in the Republican party won't mean a swell for the Constitution Party. The current right is a coalition only a few decades old and could break down. Not that this is a good thing, since a third party still cannot compete on the national level, and we all know what a loss for the Republicans would mean.

I saw a lot of Christians called "right-wing" and extremist on the other Malkin thread for defending their particular standard of decency, but I don't think it's a matter of them being more extreme as much as where their priorities are. Some conservatives would like to see a return to Christian values, some just want a strong defence, some could care less about morals and just don't want to pay taxes. I don't think whichever priorities one chooses makes him or her any more right-wing than others. An atheistic conservative can be an extremist too.

[SittinYonder]

Some conservatives would like to see a return to Christian values, some just want a strong defence, some could care less about morals and just don't want to pay taxes

It's too bad you have to be one or the other.

[Howlin]

since a third party still cannot compete on the national level

Do I need to remind you which "side" of this argument is always, perpetually threatening to leave the GOP?

and we all know what a loss for the Republicans would mean.

What makes you think we'd lose?

[SunStar]

I can't help but wonder if the "South Park Conservative" movement in the Republican party won't mean a swell for the Constitution Party.

(snicker)

[steve-b]

I can't help but wonder if the "South Park Conservative" movement in the Republican party won't mean a swell for the Constitution Party.

Puh-leeze. Those guys are washouts even by third-party standards (i.e. they don't just lag far behind the Big Two; they lag behind halfway-organized third parties like the Libertarians and Greens).