[Czar]

"What I want to know is whether or not you think you and I can sit in the same tent if it’s economics that wer the place where the compromises are made, not life and not national security."

I realize your question is not directed to me, but I will give you an answer anyway, an answer that I believe is shared by most true conservatives.

No.

[ellery]

"What I want to know is whether or not you think you and I can sit in the same tent if it’s economics that wer the place where the compromises are made, not life and not national security."

Interesting question. Here are my answers: 1. Economics and national security are inseparable. Economic might underlies our military might, so anything that compromises our economics makes us less secure. 2. Big spending equals big government equals increased federal trampling of the limited Constitutional government our Founders intended. I'll compromise on a lot, but not on the Constitution as far as I can help it.

[Vicomte13]

What I wrote: “What I want to know is whether or not you think you and I can sit in the same tent if it were economics that is the place where the compromises are made, not life and not national security.”

What I answered: “I realize your question is not directed to me, but I will give you an answer anyway, an answer that I believe is shared by most true conservatives.
No.”

My follow-up question: You don’t think we can sit in the same tent. Should I, then, cease posting here on FR? Should I re-register as a political independent, leaving the Republican Party behind?