I had to laugh at the video clip of Sen. Leatherman, R-Florence, saying Sanford doesn't care at all about South Carolina and only cares about advancing his own career. Sanford is standing up for the principles that all Republicans at all levels of government should be standing up for. Leatherman is an unprincipled jackass who doesn't have a clue what it means to be a Republican.
To all you fair weather Republicans who claim to be Republicans because you side with us on social and cultural issues like abortion, gay marriage, etc., I give you the following quote from Ronald Reagan:
“We should emphasize the things that unite us and make these the only ‘litmus test’ of what constitutes a Republican: our belief in restraining government spending, pro-growth policies, tax reduction, sound national defense, and maximum individual liberty.” He continued, “As to the other issues that draw on the deep springs of morality and emotion, let us decide that we can disagree among ourselves as Republicans and tolerate the disagreement.”
It's time to purge the not so fiscally conservative from the GOP. That's my litmus test. Get behind Sanford or get the hell out of my party.
Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with social conservatism but sick and tired of tolerating people masquerading as fiscal conservatives. Faith in fiscal conservatism without works is dead.
He’s my guy for 2012...
I would vote for Sanford to be my President in a heartbeat!
The more I see and hear about Sanford, the more I like him. And that Reagan quote is so on the mark that I don’t even know where to start.
You probably don't want to go there...
Extreme social conservatives tend to be statists as well of course. What we need to do is educate social conservatives on the principles of federalism. If they don’t agree, then we can say they’re not welcome in our federalist movement. I’m a social conservative for the most part but I’m a federalist first.
Sanford/Palin 2012?