# 287 Obdicut

Yesh, I like to beat around the bush.

Social conservatives are pushing others out of the party? Don’t see it. They have been an important part of the party since the ‘70’s. Seems to me its the secular conservatives foaming at the mouth. We can disagree, but I’ve been voting since 60’s and am not an incapable observer.

So exactly WHAT are those social conservative positions with which you and many here seem to be so annoyed? Abortion? Marriage? Education?

Even liberals are aghast at late 3rd trimester “surgery” (infanticide), so this is not a deal-breaker and may even be a winning issue. Opposition to GAY marriage? Sorry, but the majority of the country always votes against Gay marriage, so this is a winning issue, like or not. Education? Perhaps, as Charles goes nutsy when religious people insist upon their children being taught in accordance with their religious principles. Freedom from religion seems to be the motto of many who post on this site. However, as this is a local or state-by-state issue, it hardly effects or controls national races.

My son just said: “my sandwich is better then your sandwich”. He is right, but so what? I do not want his sandwich and he can have it. We both agree that bread is good for sandwiches, that some condiments are preferred and that we both enjoy sandwiches. Picking a fight with others who prefer pastrami or mustard is pretty irrelevant, because that is their sandwich, not mine, just as Congressional Representatives and Senators are their choices, not mine. My gerrymandered district is different from theirs.

The Dems ran social conservative candidates 2006. They preferred Democrats in the House to Republicans in the House, even though they supported candidates whose positions were not ENTIRELY identical to theirs. You mean Republicans should not run bible thumping conservatives where they would win? That is a losing strategy, just as not supporting such candidates, or such positions, where they can win, is also a losing strategy. The GOP has as much right to run extremists as the Dems.