[Arkinsaw]

paleos seem to be more than a little too comfortable with the idea of fascist dictators such a Francisco Franco for my peace of mind.

I certainly have my differences with "paleo" dogma, and I also have my differences with "neo" dogma. I tend to pick and choose on my own rather than subscribe to a particular laundry list.

What you say about paleos may or may not be true. Regardless, that doesn't mean they are wrong on everything. I work with them just fine on the idea of sealing the border for instance. I do just fine with them on the idea of local control and limited government and property rights.

However I am pretty much on the "neo" side of things when it comes to foreign policy and other constitutional federal responsibilities.

I think most conservatives are like me in the fact that they choose sides on an issue by issue basis. We must be careful about letting two dogmatic groups divide us into dogmatic categories where we must subscribe to the whole list of issue positions or be an object of derision.

That fight can continue as long as it stays a fight between a couple of little minority groups slugging it out over dogma. But if we all get seduced into choosing sides and fighting with one another then its just not good for anybody except Daschle and Co.

[Iris7]

You are absolutely right that there is a bulldozer coming right at us. Daschle and Co., Hillary, et al. will be our doom if we do not take effective action. Myself, I vary between hope and "too little, too late."

"One man one vote" cannot survive. Either the left will disenfranchise us, or we disenfranchise them.