[Durus]

If by being reasonable and open you mean having to ignore the blatant usurpation's of power by the federal government then I don’t see how you can claim to be conservative. One would think that the entire purpose of the conservative movement was to conserve the constitution. If you are willing to give up constitutional procedure for social engineering, it being either “right” or “left” then I don’t see how you can lay claim to the title of Conservative. In fact I think people that ignore constitutional principle to further their agenda, no matter what their agenda, are the most dangerous foes of the USA.

[ejonesie22]

That is your perspective. Mine differs.

We can go back and forth all day long. I know the basis of your point, and nothing else will matter to you. Time will tell which approach will prove to be the best.