Yup — “conservatives” WILL snatch defeat from the jaws of victory if Ron Paul becomes the Republican nominee for President in 2012 — or the acknowleged front runner in the run up to the midterms.
This will only demonstrate that many who call themselves “conservatives” are either [extreme] Libertarian posers or reactionaries — NOT principled Conservatives. We don’t need “knee-jerk” conservatism — all it does is react emotionally, and too often irrationally. And Libertarians, while great on most economic matters, invite disaster on foreign policy and national defense.
Beware Conservatives. Abandon your principles to satisfy your emotional desires and you will not only lose, you will doom the country.
And blind support of any person with an R behind his/her name has achieved what? As Beck said in his speech, it's been one-in-the-same no matter who's been elected. For once, both parties are feeling from their bases that it's time to pick a side and stand up for it. No more middle-of-the-road B.S.