[iowamark]

Opposition to “amnesty” for immigrants;

Note the mocking italics. Also, we are not talking about immigrants, we are talking about illegals.

“We're not sure Mr. Brown would have made this cut.”

Of course he would have, easily.

These are all necessary Constitutional concepts. Anyone calling himself Republican who opposes more than 1 or 2 of these should very definitely be viewed with the deepest suspicion.

1. Support for smaller government and lower taxes
2. Support troop surges in Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Support Defense of Marriage Act
4. Support containing Iran and North Korea
5. Support gun rights
6. Oppose ObamaCare
7. Oppose cap-and-trade legislation
8. Oppose “amnesty” for ILLEGALS
9. Oppose union card check
10.Oppose government-funded abortion

[Reaganez]

Also, we are not talking about immigrants, we are talking about illegals.

There is no need to butcher the English language like the Left loves to do. Illegal immigrants are immigrants. They migrated here from another country. There are legal immigrants and illegal immigrants.

[cmj328]

Those are no-brainers. In fact, it looks like we've dumbed conservatism down.

Still, I suppose some litmus test is better than none.