http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/ending_or_winning.php

The truth is Mr. Marier that Mexican’s are annexing America one city at a time. Get a clue home slice?

“Ridiculous cultural issues?” What – faith in God, respect for the dignity of human life, belief in the role of religion in shaping national ethic? I always considered those…I dunno – principle (aka ‘moral character’ for the non-secularists).

McRINO lost this past election because: 1) the economic crisis in October made running on a Republican ticket difficult 2) His campaign advisors were incompetent 3) He lacked the enthusiastic support of many conservatives, especially considering his prevous attacks on social conservatives 4) He was outspent by a ridiculous margin by a ruthless enemy obsessed with regaining party. Of those reasons, I’d say 1, 2, and 4 were most important: whoever heard of a viable Republican presidnetial candidate running out of money – during a PRIMARY??? The only way you can blame social conservatives for that mess was by not turning out ENOUGH – and that enough of them DID show up to vote Republican should put to rest any doubt of their ability to negotiat or compromize.

I just pray that our country holds together long enough for 2012 when our party finally reunites around the ONE candidate who can save us from the Communist messiah Obominatoin we’ve just elected – just hope she is not so disgusted by the drive by politics and media that she turns away…

As the Obama administration continues it will inevitably overreach on FOCA or they agenda, or feminism, or education of the youth. With this will come the inevitable backlash of the moral majority in this country (like we have seen with same-sex marriage) The hard won gains of years of pro-life and social conservative activism wont be given up easily. These same people will man the telephones, walk the streets and get involved in local and national politics. Foreign policy and small government conservatives just dont have the passion to make the difference.

Its important that you keep writing insightful columns about the reasonableness of social conservatives. From defending marriage to waiting periods and parental consent for abortions the S.C. have wide popularity on a variety of fronts. It perennially important to keep reminding the rest of the republican base that social conservatives dont live in bubble . The cultural left is indeed the aggressor on all these fronts, and they to have an radical agenda that turns off moderates.

When you have a family to feed, youre going to vote for the party who you think will help you the most. From my experience with Republicans who claim to be social conservatives, theres usually some preacher who leads a double life taking drugs and frequenting male prostitutes.

Or theres the apple pie and American flag girl-next-door who married her high school sweetheart and has four kids, and now vehemently opposes abortion, mostly because of the guilt she feels having an abortion herself. And then theres the abstinence only education push, and what seems to be glorifying teenagers who have premarital sex and get pregnant out of wedlock. Theyre made to be heroes simply because they didnt have an abortion.

Or theres the country folk who want to use their rifles for huntin who oppose any sort of gun control laws aimed at high crime rate areas in the city, where people live and work and move among each other in close quarters. If those country folk have ever lived in a city, they would understand the differences between rifles for huntin and gun control laws needed in inner cities.

When a party claims to possess family values and social conservative views, then they are putting themselves on a pedestal and passing judgment on the rest of society. Most Americans have moved past the debate about the morality of homosexuality. Gays have lived among heterosexuals since the beginning of time. Seeing two gays holding hands or kissing is not going to make someone heterosexual turn gay. Thats a backward way of thinking. Just as many people are equally repulsed at the thought of two overweight people having sex.