I was just reacting to what the majority of Freepers think of Romney. This is clearly Fred/Hunter country. Even if I think Romney is a conservative, or my kind of conservative, it is irrelevant. So when I say Romney is not a conservative, I mean he is not a conservative to Freepers. When in Rome.
From where I stand, there seems to be a continuum here at FR. 100% conservative purists are at one end. 100% practical conservatives at the other. The practicals say, “Anyone but Hillary!” The purists say, “Conservatives first! If they’re not a pure conservative, I’ll stay home!” I don’t think it’s WRONG to be at either end or somewhere in between, although the purists will argue with me on that point!! (If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be purists!) Where we each fall on that continuum is a combination of our own experiences, background, even personality.
We have the candidates we have. We would all love to have a candidate who has the conservative principles of Hunter, the name recognition of McCain/Giuliani/Thompson, the money and business credentials of Romney, ...not sure what Huckabee’s strongest virtue is... Anyway, this is the group we have and certainly ONE of them will be our nominee. I don’t think that personal attacks on each other are what FR is about nor do they help win anyone over to someone’s favored candidate.
Personally, I tend to be more practical, but that’s my nature in most things.
I was just reacting to what the majority of Freepers think of Romney. This is clearly Fred/Hunter country. Even if I think Romney is a conservative, or my kind of conservative, it is irrelevant. So when I say Romney is not a conservative, I mean he is not a conservative to Freepers. When in Rome.
***Sounds a little bit thin. Before you go off trying to blend in with the Romans you should probably observe them for a while. Just because Romans might be attending the latest craze of child sacrifice or something like that doesn’t mean it’s the right thing for you.