Washington is far to the left of most of the red states, just as is the MSM.
E.g. would any politician of any stripe whatsoever be able to make the remarks about gays that Howard Dean made about Christians, without being expelled immediately from the political debate?
So if it's okay to bash gays, we'll have a lot more "true" conservatives?
"Washington is far to the left of most of the red states, just as is the MSM"
I agree with this to a point. I bet if you went to the red states, most folks would not care if someone was gay as long as he/she kept it to themselves. This idea of purging gays from the party would be seen for what it is: parnoid and just plain mean.