re: #205 3kids3dogs

Do you see a conservative voice out there that isn’t also on board with the social conservative platform. It’s the social issues that keep the moderate voters away.

Not yet but I hope a fiscal conservative and a social moderate will arise. The problem is that if there is any whiff or mention of any social issue, even as a point of discussion, buy any canidate they get sledge hammered. No issues will be resolved if that can not be discusses openly.

These labels stick, if not batted back:
secure the border = racist bigot
kids might do better in a traditional family = homophobe bigot hater
go slow on health reform = you hate the poor and sick
get tough on Iran = war monger
domestic oil production = hate the enviroment

It’s bad enough to get hammered by the press and the democrats but the republicans don’t need to be in a circular firing squad.