The problem is, the Republicans haven't given people who don't agree with the religious right, pork-barrel spending, or general incompetence much of an alternative.
Which is just it.
If the Republicans would behave fiscally responsible with social conservatism thrown in, they'd clean house.
It's really the party's only hope of keeping all sides reasonably happy.
And really, social conservatives and libertarians have a number of things in common.
For starters, the start of which is low taxes and a belief in charity as opposed to forced extraction.
I'm a social + fiscal conservative, but frankly, the social issues the Republicans have chosen to tackle are NOT ones that I would have. I feel they wasted a lot of good capital on Schiavo and stem cell research.
Embryonic cells have proven worthless (to this point), anyway.
Well said.
The 'religious right' isn't the problem; it's big spending, big Goverment "moderates"-The Republican Establishment under Bush 43 that is the Problem: that's why we can't let someone like John (Kerry) McCain win our nomination, he and others represent "more of the same".
The problem is, the Republicans haven't given people who don't agree with the religious right, pork-barrel spending, or general incompetence much of an alternative.Exactly! Neither of the two major parties are even close.