sandorski sandorski:
I guess that explains the problem now. There are Intellectual Conservatives, believe it or not.
I meant no offense to you, by the way. It's just that the left has been pretty consistent in recent years in calling people like McCain names after saying how much they loved him.
From my point of view cuddling up to leftists is pointless. Be it a moderate conservative or a right-wing conservative, leftists aren't going to vote for them anyway so why bother trying to please them?
I will seriously give the left credit on this, for the most part your side wastes no time trying to cuddle up to the right wing. They stay on message and on point and they generally maintain the loyalty of their base by sticking to principle.
The conservative leadership, on the other hand, demands loyalty from the base while straying far, far away from principle.
The GOP demanding that Republicans not support the Tea Party is an example of this.
O'Donnell may well be a loon, but the GOP Old Guard is no more worthy of respect or loyalty than she is. IMHO, so what if she was a witch? I'd vote for a practicing Odin worshipper if they stuck to their conservative values and I think I speak for a lot of people on my side of this right now. I'll take a crazy, but mostly honest conservative over a moderate and insincere Republican neo-con any day.