Welcome to reality.

By contrast, there is no Moderates more true than the other.

AJ:Glad to see you realizing that in politics compromise and coalitions are THE ONLY WAY to stop really bad ideas and policies.

But Republican “Compromise” always means adopting the other sides ideas. Rather than getting to ageee with Republican ideas.

Look what comprimise gave us in the Bush years.

Very little new drilling for energy.

No new Refineries.

No new Nuclear Plants.

Tremendous growth in government in terms of it’s scope, and costs.

Unsustanable entitlement programs, from Social Security, to Medicare. to Prescription Drugs, all are or have, bankrupted us.

Moderates only exaserbated these problems. Moderates, in both Parties.

AJ:That purity test is what destroyed the coalition and allowed the dems back in power.

What coalition? What did it acomplish? Expiring Tax Cuts? What else?

What put Dem’s in power was a total lack of leadership. The Republicans became drunk on power. They lost what the party was, and in turn, lost the believability of the people.

They were the party of the Rule of Law, Fiscal discipline, Faith, Family, and Freedom. They were the party of Individual rights and liberties. They were the party of smaller, less intrusive Government. In other words, they were the party of Common Sense.

They thought as long as the country was at war, they could say one thing, and do another, and no one would vote them out. But that became more problematic as time went on, because the war kept going on.

The greatness of GWB is a myth, a myth I voted for twice. But his actual record of acomplishments, that can be viewed as positives going forward, really don’t exist.

They only thing he can and should be applauded for is, remarkably, we were never attacked after September 11, 2001. And given r lax immigration laws, and enforcement, that is truely remarkable. Otherwise, there is no permanent lasting acomplishment I can think of.

Well, it’s been fun, but the sun is out, and I have a lawn to mow, a classic car to drive, a NASCAR Race to watch, and cold Budweiser to consume! Take care, see you in a few months.

How does a moderate view the Federalist Papers, The Constitution, etc.? Are they extreme?

Jim Geraghty is the only NRO area I still link too. I agree with your list whole heartedly.

By now I hope you know my tongue is firmly in my cheek when I say ‘true conservative’. There is NO conservatism more true than the other. That purity test is what destroyed the coalition and allowed the dems back in power.

If you want to govern you have to compromise with your allies and do it with respect and support. Because you will need their support when you agree on other critical things.

Glad to see you realizing that in politics compromise and coalitions are THE ONLY WAY to stop really bad ideas and policies.

But I think National Review is now, for the most part, Neo Con.

About all that is worth reading there is written by Andy McCarthy, Mark Steyn, and Mark Krikorian. The rest are not, and even these three for the most part, true conservatives.

I guess the problem I have is true conservatism is hard to find these days. I’ve found myself searching other areas of the web for it.

I’ve grown to like V Dare, News With Views, Rebellion Blog, Conservative Heritage Times, but even those sites, I’m not in total agreement with.

Conservatism has many branches. Palio, Social, Neo Con, etc. So, what some consider conservative, others don’t.

It’s the same, I’m sure, with Liberal, Socialist, Communist sites. There is no total agreement in them either.

Even Moderate sites. Some Moderates have a more liberal view, while others have a more conservative view. And each issue seems to be determined as much on someone life experiance and exposure.

Just looking at the U.S. Senate, and those considered Moderates in both Parties, have really hurt us in real terms.

The Moderates are the ones who prevent us from drilling for more oil and natural gas, along with the more liberal members.

They are also true believers in the bogus Man Made Global Warming.

They prevent more Refineries.

They don’t believe in lower tax rates, self reliance, the Rule of Law, a strict interpritation of the Constitution, in practice, or the judiciary.

They don’t want Social Security Reform, and generaly, back more government programs, and thus, more Government power and control over our lives via Government programs.

So, in closing, there seems no agreement on anything, no matter the political strip.

Take Care