Yes, what is it about getting a TV show that makes these people weak in the knees? Maybe it is the liberal culture they are exposed to daily. Or maybe they were never really conservatives to begin with.
I do know he's very pro-life, pro-family, against wasteful bureaucracy and spending, pro-defense, pro-gun.
In a recent lecture, he was asked by an audience member, "Are you a moderate conservative - where do you fit in?" He said:
"Fiscally, I'm very conservative, no doubt about that, more of a libertarian... When it comes to defense, I'm a hawk's hawk...I don't think we should run around the globe trying to be the 911 rescue of the world, but at the same time when America's national interest and safety is at risk, as I believe it is in Iraq, as I believe it is in the Middle East - I support those wars. I understand why people wouldn't believe that, but I support them.Her other question: "Will you ever run for office again?" He said:On the environment, my conservative friends called me "Squish," because I was moderate to liberal on the environment, and I think a lot of that has to do with geography...For people that live close to water, I've found, are more moderate to progressive on the environment.[snip]
So I don't know what you would call me, I had a lot of people come up to me very confused while I was in Congress saying come up to me and ask 'What do you call yourself?", and I don't know exactly what specifically it is, again you have to break it up...fiscally conservative, fairly conservative militarily, environment moderate.
Not Congress again, but I may run for something down the road.
It's not transcribed exactly, it makes more sense in the context of the video.
Video of Sept. 22 Appearance at National Constituion Center (It's at 48:45 in it)