[RipSawyer]

I propose that we drop the whole conservative bit and call ourselves REALISTS! It makes more sense and separates us from the other party which obviously has almost no connection to the real world.

[9YearLurker]

This Prager article makes the very good point that it is not lack of realism that drives the opposition, it is a Leftist desire to redistribute rather than grow, while cutting the US down to global member-nation size:

http://article.nationalreview.com/427277/why-democrats-dont-care-about-97-trillion-in-debt/dennis-prager?page=1