While there may be various definitions of the Right Wing and Patriotism, religious beliefs are bonded with the ideology of American conservatism. Both terms are synonyms, but not the same. There are consevatives who decide on familiy and religious values, and that is why Romney continues to be unfavorable. Pro-business Capitalists fall towards the Right, whatever belief, but there are conservative voters who have religious values as priority ahead of economy, and could not be ignored for the ratio it is responsible for votes going to a Republican candidate. If you do not act cautious of your replies, you will end up being classified as stealth Romney supporter, atheist, and will be zotted from above.
I doubt I’ll be zotted for pointing out that Santorum’s campaign is more huff and puff with Family Image pandering. A few people around here can’t see the difference between pointing that out and being an atheist, but I can live with that.
This isn’t about social issues not being important. It’s about huff and puff family image replacing a real debate on ideas.
My only conclusion is that this type of a candidacy is dangerous, since it isn’t terribly deep and is unlikely to manage through the general where people are going to need to be united under economic issues as opposed to worrying about pornography, or moral questions like whether or not sex outside of marriage is okay and whether or not we care if the President is preaching about it.
Last I checked, we already have pastors and priests, most of us, who can preach to us if we like. I don’t think a Daddy President is going to sell.
That’s my essential point, but people insist it’s something that it isn’t.