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As a religious conservative, I'm perfectly happy to support tax cuts and budget cuts. Are libertarians prepared to reciprocate and agree that we need judges who will throw out Roe v. Wade, even though most libertarians probably like the idea of free sex without much restraints? But if they want their tax cuts, they will have to support the bottom line issues of the religions conservatives. And they might consider also that Roe v. Wade was bad constitutional law, passed by powerdrunk liberal justices. Put it back with the states where it belongs.

The GOP became my party in college, back when it was the party of Jesus and small government. I didn't care much for the Jesus side, but I was willing to work with those who did care for the sake of smaller government and less intrusion in my private life.

Somewhere along the way the GOP became the party of Jesus and big government, and I found my support waning. The leadership got drunk on power and lobbyist dollars, decided that they actually liked big government and intended to start spawning as much of it as they could.

I'm an easy voter to win back: Stop spending like a bunch of drunk sailors, get the corruption under control, balance the budget, and make the tax cuts permenant. Return to the values of Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater, and I'll come back in '08.

I'm an easy voter to win back: Stop spending like a bunch of drunk sailors, get the corruption under control, balance the budget, and make the tax cuts permenant. Return to the values of Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater, and I'll come back in '08.

Probably won't happen, but how does a tax hike to pay for all the stuff sound?

I don't disagree with you. I would just point out that the Republican leadership tended to betray the social conservatives as well as the fiscal conservatives.

The media constantly try to split the conservative movement, and they do a pretty good job of it. It's not the fault of religious conservatives that Bush was a big spender. It's the fault of the Republican leadership and the RINOs. Karl Rove, among others, I'm sorry to say. It can't be stopped unless the whole conservative movement unites on the points they have in common. Their bottom lines are not incompatible.