[Dominic Harr]

You wouldn't know that from Free Republic where the fundies have purged so many conservative-libertarians in their attempts to "purify" the party.

I'm a 'social liberal, political conservative'.

I've argued with many a social conservative here on FR, but I've never felt 'purged' from FR.

It doesn't have to be an 'us v. them' kind of thing.

[Dracian]

I've never felt 'purged'

I didn't say "felt." I meant actually physically banned from posting. Of course you don't hear about bannies complaining -- because they can't. Not here at least.

[Strategerist]

I've argued with many a social conservative here on FR, but I've never felt 'purged' from FR.

I have a feeling we will be if you come back to FR in about 5 years, but maybe that's just pessimism.

[Godebert]

"It doesn't have to be an 'us v. them' kind of thing."

Yes it does. If you are a "social liberal" you aren't Conservative, you're a liberal. You don't need to be "born again" to understand that murdering babies in the womb is wrong.

[Mamzelle]

I used to be a 'tarian--but they have a "loser gene"--they often just don't vote. I even belonged to them, have an old "taxation is theft" button--but I had to come to the conclusion, finally, that they were just darned *lazy* and obsessed with pot.

Social conservatives, the "religious right" OTH, did the hard work of organizing grassroots and turning out the vote. They knocked on doors and cooked the rubber chickens. Libertarians spend most of their time now trying to persuade the GOP to alienate the religious because...because...well, they're just all icky poo and we don't want them sitting at the same table. You know. Not our kind, deah.

Now I read from CATO, once again, that it's all the fault of the d@*#ed Baptists that this election is a nail-biter. We never should have let them in in the first place.

If it weren't for the religious right, you'd have Gore, Kerry, and HRC in perfect sequence for the rest of your life. That's the fact that the 'tarians hate the most.

[Wiseghy]

You're right. this is a lefty fantasy about our split and demoralized party.

A dem victory would be disastrous; investigations, gridlock, scandal, hysteria and vitriol on a scale not seen in some time. Hope the country doesn't have to learn the hard way.