It’s not so much as a ideological litmus test as it is not accepting any of the deal breaking issues.
Leading into the last election, there were a lot of people here who were so concerned about She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that they lost their minds with worry. So much so that they supported McCain and Rudy because they believed the MSM storied that these were the only ones who could beat her. Well, you see how that worked out for us.
Now we’re being told that the best we have are Huck and Mitt. Huck has his own brand of President Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” that won’t work any better than the first version. And don’t forget that Mitt supported state run health care in Massachusetts that isn’t significantly different from the bills we’re opposing in the US Congress today.
We’ve got to be careful about who we support. Rinos get us nowhere. But the conservative message of self reliance and less government works EVERY time it’s tried.
It’s not so much as a ideological litmus test as it is not accepting any of the deal breaking issues.
***The litmus test issues ARE the deal breaking issues.
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I’m a big tent republican.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts?page=6245#6245
Here’s an analogy to work with. Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top. Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks. What you’ll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff won’t have room. The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff. A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. We’re often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in. Rudy Giuliani flunks some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone else’s rice would do just as well. All that remains for us to agree on is which are the bedrock principles and which are not. Why would there be so much invective aimed at rudy from the right? Because there are some bedrock principles that he is leaving out. Bad move. I see rudybot postings all the time saying that they would vote for Hunter, and I see socon postings that say they would not vote for rudy. That’s a BIG indicator of a few bedrock principles that are being left outside the tent in order to let in some rice.
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Also we need to elect people with enough integrity and backbone that when they get to Washington they don't turn into Rinos. Sarah Palin's a person who will NEVER turn into a liberal. Hannity will NEVER turn into a liberal. Either will Ann Coulter. That's what we're looking for - someone who's conservative NOW and will stay that way.