Conservatism isn't "hard-core" like you think it is. Everyone believes in low taxes, limited government, traditional values, strong defense. These are the tried-and-true beliefs that have sustained our nation since it's birth.
Republicans have completely abandoned these beliefs in exchange for ridiculously co-opting socialist beliefs. If the GOP supports and helps passes Bush's AMNESTY plan, I'm done with them. I'll only support individual conservative candidates. I have already told the RNC to remove my name from their mailing list.
I really do get it.
Depending on the political climate, the voters can come to the conclusion to tell conservatives to take a hike. It’s not impossible, it has happened before and will happen again.
Plenty of people don’t care much about taxes. Plenty of people reject what you call traditional values. There are even plenty of people who are against a strong defense.
If FR crafted a policy platform, it would strongly appeal to as many people as one crafted by DU. That is to say, not many people.
Oh come on, he's not talking about geniune convervatives who hold on to genuine conservative principles and you know it. He's referring to the Bircheresque wing of radicals on the far far right. We can pretend that they don't exist all day long, but they're out there.