You speak as if the Republican party is one giant monolithic belief system. No agrees with anyone about all things here. It’s a big tent and there’s a whole lot of hollerin’ going on inside. You ought to join up and get in the debate. The more the merrier I say.
I really wish everyone in this country could understand that tolerance and approbation are different things. The vast majority of Americans are very tolerant, as we must be if we wish to live together in peace. We don’t have to approve of each other, and any effort to force us to do so is wrong.
But seriously, how can you possibly align everyone and fit them nicely in a box. We will never all be able to agree on everything. You can't even do that within your own extended family. At least, I can't.
But seriously, how can you possibly align everyone and fit them nicely in a box.
***Here’s where I got a start. It took me ten minutes.
Vanities Arent The Problem (Time For An FR Cleansing)
The Awesome Mind of VaBthang4 ^ | 11/06/08 | VaBthang4
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2126945/posts?page=119#119
We will never all be able to agree on everything.
***That’s not the intent. The intent is to see who we’re debating with.
It’s okay to have big-tent conservatism, but we need the lights to be on. When the lights come on, cockroaches scurry to the corners. I’m a big tent republican.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts?page=6245#6245
Here’s an analogy to work with. Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top. Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks. What you’ll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff won’t have room. The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff. A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. We’re often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in. Rudy Giuliani flunks some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone else’s rice would do just as well. All that remains for us to agree on is which are the bedrock principles and which are not. Why would there be so much invective aimed at rudy from the right? Because there are some bedrock principles that he is leaving out. Bad move. I see rudybot postings all the time saying that they would vote for Hunter, and I see socon postings that say they would not vote for rudy. That’s a BIG indicator of a few bedrock principles that are being left outside the tent in order to let in some rice.