[Sundog]

Amen.

[PRND21]

Hillary vs. Rudy. Who gets your vote?

[gotribe]

I'm all for a third party. The GOP as a conservative party is dead.

[Radix]

Gosh Mr. Robinson,

You make a lot of sense to me.

Thanks.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>You can spin it, twist it, deny it, make a million excuses and logical explanations for why electing a social liberal at this time is a good idea, but you cannot deny the simple truth. A social liberal is a liberal and liberals begat liberalism. Liberalism begats socialism.

Well said, Jim.

[SeaBiscuit]

Duncan Hunter.

[alicewonders]

Well said!

[darkwing104]

When and if we as a nation turn our backs on God and the nation abandons our American traditional Judeo-Christian morals and values, and rampant godless socialism takes over, the America of our Founders ceases to exist.

I just hope and pray that this will never happen.

[bd476]

Excellent Jim. This may be too simple a solution but I really believe that a brand new conservative party is needed.

[wagglebee]

When large numbers of the members of a conservative party enthusiastically (you might even say overzealously or militantly) campaign for a social liberal and against sound conservative principles and candidates, then they are pushing the conservative principles, conservative candidates and conservative members out the exit doors.

I've been seeing way too much of this lately.

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Another great one from Jim Robinson!

[My2Cents]

Jim, with all due respect, you're at least a year away from any serious consideration of what the GOP platform will look like.

A more serious question is why, over the intervening 18 years since Reagan left office, hasn't conservatism produced one viable candidate for national office? Conservatism doesn't win on ideology alone, but must have a leader whom most Americans are willing to follow (sorry, Duncan Hunter doesn't impress me as that kind of leader -- maybe he'll eventually convince me), and yet the lack of such represents a kind of leadership bankruptcy within conservatism.

[Northeastern_Realist]

To quote the former Secretary of Defense, "you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want".

[Beagle8U]

Jim, as always, you are 100% correct. There is a place for the social liberals, its called the RAT party.

Anyone that cares to see what their ideas and values are should go over to the DUck room and read what they have to say about the issues of the day.

Its just down the hall to the left>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Temple Owl]

Let's get Rick Santorum to run!

[voltaires_zit]

So, the article puts forward the "plan" of conservatives abandoning the field, picking up their ball and going home?

Not sure how effective that will be, but I'm pretty certain the Cindy Sheehans and Jane Fondas of the world would love it.

[michigander]

the voter is left with voting for a socialist or a socialist, then obviously the resultant elected government will be a socialist government.

It's a question of going over the cliff at 100 mph or 50 mph.
It would be nice hear a major candidate discussing the brake pedal.

[Enosh]

"conservative party"

Republicans are not the "conservative party", but they are the best thing currently standing between Hillary and the White House.

(God help us!)

[mad puppy]

"When the American people abandon their longstanding traditional conservative family values and instead openly embrace socialism and perverted lifestyles, then America has moved left and is obviously no longer a traditional conservative nation."

Sadly, at least in my life time, 'when' started with Carter and quite frankly continues today because true Conservative values are not center stage of what remains of the Republican party. We can blame the Liberals and should, but the failure to successfully take the fight to them belongs to us. We need another RWR, bad.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

In 2000 you were saying that Bush was a globalist but now support him 100%.

If Rudy/Romney is elected and carries out a conservative agenda, will you post a vanity saying you were wrong?

Social conservatism belong at the local and state level, your family, your community, your church. I believe that if you cut taxes, cut government, and promote national & border security, the social issues will take care of themselves. People aren't going to have abortions or use drugs.