Hearty congratulations on growing up, coming over to join the right ( in all senses of that word. LOL )side, the naming of your child, and having an excellent memory. :-)
This is the same rotten feud that characterizes most of what passes for discourse around here. Always Republicans versus Conservatives. A lot of the same people appear on every one of these threads too.
I couldn't support Harriett Miers, nor can I vote for my local Rino's, McCain and Kolbe, but I have always voted for President Bush and his father. I'm a Reagan man too and try to give Republicans the benefit of the doubt, unless they so stink up the porridge like the aforementioned pair of losers or somebody like Gerald Ford. If the party nominates them, and they aren't awful, I tend to support our candidates.
The Republicans around here could use a little thicker skins and stop acting like liberals with knee jerk emotional hysteria every time some honest criticism comes up. The conservatives have their own little fits and they should quit crying "wolf" and threatening to take their ball and go home every time someone strays on one issue. We'd have a lot more united party.
We're all we got, people. Warts and all. We are the movement.
There are days, when this all seems like deja-vu.
Fortunately for me, I'm on the right team this time. Didn't take long. 6 months out of college. I call it a paycheck/Rush alignment. One look at your first paycheck and you start thinking—Hey! I agree with him. What?
; ).