[rogue yam]

I think our Republic would be better served if instead of demanding that the tea party movement be lock-step unified over abortion and gays, and beating people about the head with the phrase “baby killing”, conservatives instead talked about the Constitution, the original intent of the founders, federalism, and the proper role of judges. We need to overturn Roe v. Wade but we also need to ditch Social Security and a lot of other New Deal and Great Society garbage. If we focus on the tactics of the leftists (i.e. judicial activism) rather than any specific results (e.g. mandatory legal abortion) we are striking at the real root of the problem and doing so in a way that allows us to pitch a big tent and get the numbers necessary to accomplish our goals.

On the other hand we can just stand outside on street corners waving placards with graphic photos of aborted fetuses and scream at people that we are first and foremost opposed to “baby killing”.

Again, Obama, the leftists, and Satan are hoping that we define ourselves with that second approach rather than the first.

[muawiyah]

The abortion issue is just one of many covered under the rubric of "social conservatism" ~ the right of free speech, assembly, the press, to own property without the government selling it to richer people without our permission, to be tried in court (and not in an EPA office), and so on ~ these are all big name social conservative issues.

The TEA Party has several factions. Some but not all of them are anti-social Conservatism.

Just like to say, we were here first while you guys were screwing around with the Democrats, or the equally dredful "moderate republicans".

It's long overdue for you to get with the picture and lay off the anti-social conservative stuff. We are not your enemy although you seem to think you should be ours.