You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, ES.
Our objective is to BUILD a new conservative coalition. The republican party is liberal, and Romney’s nomination means it will be staffed with liberals for decades.
We drill NOW for oil later. The longer we wait to drill, the longer we put off the appearance of more oil in the marketplace.
What is so easy to see about that with oil, but so hard to see about a conservative party?
Ah, but vinegar cleanses and invigorates! :o)
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I'm all for building a "new conservative coalition"; but you do not build one overnight — or in seven months. Perhaps the best way to build one is to reform the GOP from within (it certainly needs it!), rather than trying to build a conservative alternative from scratch....
Oh, and the kind of "liberals" that Romney would likely staff his administration with (assuming he's the GOP nominee and wins, of course, and that's far from assured) would likely include names such as, for example, Rob Portman, John Bolton, Mitch Daniels, et al. Real left-wingers, there — who have all endorsed Romney.
I dunno, dear brother in Christ. It seems to me you guys have created quite a bogeyman for yourselves.... But then again, what do I know? You may be right about Romney.
But somehow, I doubt it.
It pains me that we are at odds over this, dear brother in Christ. Yet reasonable people can disagree, (hopefully) without being "disagreeable." I respect your right to form your own thinking on any question. Ultimately, what this all boils down to is a person's act of conscience; and we are all accountable to God for such acts.