The GOP may have been fiscally conservative, but they had a hard time winning until the Reagan revolution. Be honest, even Obama understands that.
Reagan gave a perfect balance to the plate for all the factions. As we speak, they are all out there trying to pretend that is what they are.
Truth is, we know they are all pretending, none of them mean it, that is why the lack of faith and trust in the GOP field.
Reagan conservatives are no fools. They know when they are being led to the gallows. I believe people are weary of being told to shut up and vote.
We have too many ways to communicate anymore for the fools in government to think they can snowball us.
Example: I talked to my 75 year old parents today and asked them what they know about McCain. All they knew was his war stance. When I informed them about the real McCain, they were astounded. I guess McCain lost two more votes today.
I wasn’t trying to question who you were voting for or not for. I was taking disagreement with your premise that the Republican party was not conservative to begin with. It most certainly was conservative, as the party was formed by Christian Abolitionists. The abolitionists were most certainly SOCIAL conservatives. They wanted to change a few things they didn’t like that was going on in our nation at the time.
They came together primarily to force SOCIAL change, not economic.