As to social conservatism: Conservatives are generally not libertoonians. One simply CANNOT be conservative without being firmly committed to ending abortion and to resisting/ending sexual perversions posing as a basis for marriage (including tax subsidies for the perverts) and to protecting gun rights and to an aggressive and muscular foreign policy. Money is only money. It is on the ballot in every election and there are no permanent victories.
Those who take slings and arrows for social conservatism are the heroes of the conservative movement. Quislings like Mittwit are not evenly vaguely conservative. I can eagerly support Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry. I will NOT vote for Romney, Huntsman, or Ron Paul under ANY circumstances. I do not care if any of them effect claims of being "fiscal conservatives."
Without social conservatism, there is no such thing as a "fiscal conservative." On social issues, Barry Goldwater was a Jacobin social revolutionary posing as a "conservative" while wife #1 (Peggy) spent 35 years on the National Board of Planned Barrenhood. He supported gay everything and took his own daughter to an abortion mill to murder his grandchild, saying that anyone who objected could kiss his ass. He also was never reliable in supporting Ronaldus Maximus or his foreign policy.
typical of so many who think it’s just two issues, social issues and money.
You so so so so so miss the point.
There are NO RIGHTS without property rights. Without a right to your property, you don’t have a right to your time - and without either, you have no time to go to the pro life rally or to put money in the offering plate.
To be intellectually consistent, you must be socially conservative, true.
But you must understand that without property, you don’t have any rights at all.