So tired of the Conservative purity test. WE all bow at your perfect example of what a true conservative is.
If you can tax a thing, you can control a thing. The “thing” is still psychotropic, and tobacco (inhaled) is far worse. Hardly a Puritan here, because they are the source of the Progressives. what you might call the “tut-tut” conservatives.
Hence the power of Tobacco is maintained, through the demonrat party all the way back from Reynolds Tobacco (see: chair of DNC Reynolds). And fake “conservatives” like Thom Tillis (and our shortly lost Sen. Burr- good riddance, mr. “intel” fake tool).
I find it very informative to look at the “about” pages for the people who always seem to have something negative or nasty to say. Invariably, they seem to remain as incognito as possible with little or nothing posted there. I therefore suspect they are throwing stones from their glass houses, and really don’t want anyone to see what they really are through any kind of windows. I am confident that if they were indeed basking in perfection, they would want everyone to know. The anonymity speaks volumes more than their snarky posts.
That’s funny, cause in my 40 odd years of being aware of politics in this Country, I’ve seen very few congresscritters, (especially in Rep Leadership), who were/are conservative.
So, for me, I am not offended by a conservative purity test.
Not having one, has worked so well I guess? /s
Not going to speculate what takes precedence vs. the Constitution, as in what “god” rules so many, chemically.