biggovernment.com — A handful of social conservative leaders who wish to use big government to promote and enforce social values policies are loudly opposing increased libertarianism within the GOP. They are pushing back in ways that could cost conservatives dearly on Election Day. Will these social issue statists sink the GOP's prospects on Election Day?
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shutaroApr 26, 2010
Yes.
imricApr 26, 2010
Only if you buy the 'no true scotsman' fallacy.
wefarrellApr 26, 2010
Neocons are a bigger threat to the Republican party than the social conservatives.
theengineer2008Apr 26, 2010Submitter
You all know what Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (R-VA) were thinking about on Tax Day? One would think it would be the overbearing load government has placed on us, based on what they say in public. However, they were focused on banning online poker!Here's the April 15th letter they circulated to Congress in support of the Abramoff scorched earth letter: <A class=user href="<a class="user" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/30531946/Goodlatte-Boucher-Dear-Colleague&quot;" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/doc/30531946/Goodlatte-Bouch ...</a> rel=nofollow><a class="user" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/30531946/Goodlatte-Bouch" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/doc/30531946/Goodlatte-Bouch</a> ...</A>
theengineer2008Apr 26, 2010Submitter
The link failed. It's at: <a class="user" href="http://www.scribd.com/full/30531946?access_key=key-2fpmczm6broqdmjvcixt" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/full/30531946?access_key=key ...</a>
thetaoofbillApr 26, 2010
No one claims to be the leader. But go to a tea party and start speaking out against Sarah Palin and see what happens.
themanthemythApr 27, 2010
imric the tea partiers arnt all republican. it was origionally a booster group by ron paul repub yes, but alot of libertarians and conservative democrats are in