Not the same thing . . . I’m both a religious conservative and an economic conservative. Economic conservatives tend to be pragmatic; they’ll take the best deal offered, even if it’s not a conservative (with the exception of some of the wild eyed libertarians). Religious voters may really stay home rather than pull the lever for a pro-abortion candidate.
I won't vote for a pro-abortion presidential candidate, but I will be there to vote in my county and state elections, and I'll be campaigning for my state senator, governor, and judge candidates.
Anyone who "stays home" from the polls deserves a tax-raising, gun-grabbing, cross-dressing liberal in *every* elected office.
I am both also but sometimes you just have to say no to the best deal offered, be it a social or economic issue.
The abortion issue will only be settled by a Constitutional amendment. It is the only way to take it out of the activist courts.
If a candidate isn’t pushing for an amendment, I wouldn’t pay much attention to any talk they give the issue one way or the other. They actually count on the issue never being resolved so that they can keep a key “demographic”. Tomorrow’s only a day a-wayyyyy. It’ll never come. Amendment or nothing. Putting our own “judges” on the issue resolves nothing. The Supreme Court has flip flopped on its own decisions in the past. Don’t look for any decision to “settle” it.
Amen.
If Frudy or McLame get the nomination, my choices are: Not vote, vote for myself as a write-in, or vote third party.
I am a conservative, and only a Republican so long as the Republican party is conservative.
You don’t see it by the polls any on this blog....