MajikMyst
Honorary Non-member
Conservatives are already united in their hatred if Obama so uniting conservatives will not be a problem.
The word "Conservative" and a need to collect votes from one issue voters have created the split in the Republican Party. The party has an interesting mix of Constitutional Conservatives all for limiting the power of the government, and Religious Conservatives (John Ashcroft, the Moral Minority & the abortion folks) all for using the power of big government to impose their moral views. Throw in the big Security Agency/Military ignore Constitutional rights folks and these contradictions in bumper sticker ideology weaken the brand name/message.
I think the post above there says it all.. Until rebuttlicans can find a united base.. They will continure to be fragmented and a regional party.. Rebuttlicans have really shot themselves in the ass over the last 8 years.. They are no longer main stream in their ideas and no longer look towards the greater good..
I am a liberal.. But as a liberal there are a lot of things I do agree with conservatives about.. I just don't agree with the extreme approach that many conservatives today take..
There is no discussion about abortion.. It is ban it at all cost.. Stack the supreme court in hopes of over turning Roe. Vs. Wade.. There is no conversation about the medical reasons for abortion.. No acknowleging the social problems we as a nation had before abortion was made legal.. There is no basic compromise in how we can find a solution.. I don't think abortion should be legal.. But it should be legal with strings..
Until rebuttlicans can find it in their party to allow people with a difference of opinion.. They will never be a viable option for the white house or any office.. I will not vote rebuttlican in any race because of their in tolerance towards their fellow americans.. Some of that intolerance is apparent on this very forum..