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Oh...so now we're examining "reasons" for divorce to judge whether or not a candidate is acceptable?!?

My point is that this knee-jerk reaction to anyone who doesn't adhere 1000% to the so-called conservative ideology will get us nowhere except permanent minority status. Judging by today's closed-mindedness on the part of some conservatives, most if not all of the previous GOP presidents would never have been able to make it out of the primaries.

And to your point of the Reagans' divorce, George and Barbara Bush also lost a child at a young age, yet they stayed together.

Oh...so now we're examining "reasons" for divorce to judge whether or not a candidate is acceptable?!?

I consider adultery versus non-adultery to be a huge difference. That's just the Christian in me leaking out into my politics and while I normally prefer to keep a huge seperation between religion and politics, putting aside my Christian beliefs, adultery is still a very serious matter, as it is a sign of somebody who can't keep their word.

My point is that this knee-jerk reaction to anyone who doesn't adhere 1000% to the so-called conservative ideology will get us nowhere except permanent minority status.

Without the support of conservatives, you'll get minority status, just as we have with the 2006 elections.

I'm tired of having to support candidates that do not follow my beliefs. I'm tired of compromising on a platform that I believed in when I first started voting for over 30 years ago. I'm tired of big government, I'm tired of politicians who base their beliefs on what they think will get them votes, which is not always what is actually right or follows the platform I believe in.

In short, I'm tired of the GOP moving more and more to the center (or left - same direction). I'm tired of being told to support Bush (and the party) when he is far from the man I voted for as Governor of Texas, and that I campaigned and helped raise money for.

2006 should be a wakeup call to the GOP. If it's not, they'll lose in 2008.