[Kenny Bunk]

POV understood.

Here's the problem, the Republican Leadership etc, developed the theory that they must buy into the systemic social programs (and politically correct thought processes)... just be better at running them than the Democrats (which fortunately ain't that hard). And being oh-so-politically-correct is important if you want the ladies' vote.

This being a two-party system, they'll get the vote of people like me, because they are clearly much the lesser of two evils domestically, and clearly superior internationally.

[wardaddy]

I am caught in the same quandry as you.

I hate these labels...or at least how they are percieved.

I am defintely paleo culturally...no doubt...even a hair libertarian on a couple of issues (did I say that?)

But I'm what passes for Neo insofar as Israel and military power projection...but then so where a lot of other traditionalists like me from whom I prefer to get my guidance.

I do not like the watering down of social conservatism....especially from an administration that I so admire otherwise.

But...there is as you said...no other choice. The alternative is unthinkable. We have the power right now..no doubt...but we have moved to the center domestically. I don't think W does this for his own ambitions but because he and others fear that with the drastically shifitng demographics here that it is the only way to keep the obviously base-playing mostly hard left Dems out of power.