Comments Posted By Sturm Ruger
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CPAC REVEALS CONSERVATIVE FRACTURES
What is it with Republicans who want the GOP to offer no significant choices between it and the Democrat Party on social issues, anyway?
Many of these people, IMO, should go to the libertarian site or to Political Compass and take the quizzes. They may be suprised to learn that they are libertarians, not conservatives.
The attempt to make the GOP into a big-tent party is what's responsible for the edeep divides in the Republican Party, IMO.
The ACU's David Keene wrote that Ronald Reagan attracted Democrats who shared the his concerns about big government, high taxes, cultural degeneration and the need for strength in a dangerous world. They were attracted, Keene says, "by Reagan’s personality and, more importantly, by his ability to articulate shared values that convinced them that he and his new Republican Party were worth supporting."
If we remove the concern for cultural degeneration from those Reagan attributes which attracted many to his cause, we are left with a forced coaltion of Republicans which is not what Reagan was about.
As a social and fiscal conservative, my ideal candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is Duncan Hunter, but I realize that the MSM will never allow him to gain the name recognition he neeeds to win both the nomination and the general election.
I'm sure Rudy is a fine fellow, as is Joe Lieberman. While I admire them both, I wouldn't be comfortable with either one in the White House.
Perhaps Fred Thompson will take the advice of the many conservatives who are urging him to throw his hat in the ring.
On the ACU's grading scale, Sen. Thompson earned a rating of 85%, just 5 points more conservative than John McCain's rating. while the On The Issues website classifies Thompason as a "Moderate Populist Conservative," he's conservative enough for me. I'm even willing to let his stance on immigration pass, even though it's a key issue for me.
Fred Thompson has "star power" and is a great communicator. He's also an actor. Hmmm. Who do that remind me of...
Comment Posted By Sturm Ruger On 3.03.2007 @ 20:37
