Times are changing and I just don't like to see the Republicans lose their big tent status, but there's nothing I can do about it so we'll just sit back and watch as the extremists turn off the very people who were considering a move to our party until a short while ago.
Good grief Peach. The liberals ran off most Christians from their party by calling them the Taliban, Holy Rollers, and any other name they could think of when they didn't agree on moral issues. You try the same tactic and then blame Christians for breaking up the party. ????
People disagreed on some jokes the first Lady told for hells sake! Does it really have to destroy the party? I wasn't bothered by the jokes, but I did cringe a little knowing that some would be. It doesn't make me hate them and call them names though. You're the one with the venom for anyone who doesn't agree with you on something stupid, and just because their Christians. If you don't want people with different opinions or religious values at FR, and want it to go back to being small and insignificant, that's just stupid. If you want the same for the Republican party, the Democrats win. All because you can't stand religious people.
I don't think that will happen. I joined the party during the Clinton admin. I consider myself pretty middle of the road republican...I disagreed with you about Terri Schiavo (my reasons weren't religious), but agree with you on this one. It's common knowledge that there's a conservative Christian arm of the republican party...democrats often try to exploit it (when they're not trying to pander to it). That didn't stop me, or many other people I know from joining because the dems have their extremists, too. Frankly, being a part of a political party where a small percentage of the members are very conservative moral authority types is far better than being associated with a party whose radical wing is made up of moonbat, paranoid, conspiracy theorist socialists.
Cindie