I'm all three types of conservative that you list. But my social conservative side has taken a beaten by you and yours for far too long.
You all beat up on the fiscal conservatives here who criticized Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress for unprecedented increases in discretionary domestic spending. Now you want to wear the fiscal conservative mantel. No way.
You all also beat up on the law and order conservatives who criticized Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress for refusing to enforce immigration laws, failing to prosecute law-breaking employers, and for proposing amnesty for the illegal aliens' and their employers' crimes. Now you want to pretend that YOU are the law and order conservatives. Fat chance.
Then you beat up on the national security conservatives who wanted our borders sealed after 9/11 and continued to call for border barriers and military on the border ever since. Many of the Rudybots (some now banned) were the ones calling national security conservatives who demanded better border security things like "racist", "xenophobe" and other liberal nonsense. Now you want to be the national security conservatives. That's not credible either.
You just don't have any credibility as a conservative. Now you have even less as you promote a liberal abortionist, homosexualist, gun-grabbing, draft dodging serial adulterer to be the GOP presidential candidate.
Real conservatives are feeling more welcome here as the liberals who have been attacking them are being shown the writing on the wall. Support conservatives and conservatism or take a hike. We don't need you distraction and disruption here. We've got better things to do and it doesn't involve promoting liberals and their liberalism.
Good summary
Excellent, Spiff. You nailed the points and exposed the “real world Republican” and her fellow travelers.
One addition: The same crowd extolled the DPW ports deal... uh, in spite of being “national security conservatives” I guess....
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