re: #55 jvic

Secular conservative here.

Bush and Obama have kicked budgetary issues down a road that leads to a cliff. Ryan has seemed willing to confront that fact.

I hadn’t realized that his “straight-talking fearlessness” might distract from a social agenda that is unacceptable to the bulk of the country.

I updinged the responses with which I would engage if I had time.

This particular secular conservative conscientiously tries to assess competence, ideology notwithstanding. I voted for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

Guess my attitude after the above meeting-the-other-side-halfway post elicited only disagreement, and no acknowledgement of common ground.