Update: John Cole notes how the purity wars keep distilling the conservative movement into oblivion by how the definition of ‘moderate’ keeps changing in defining ‘true conservatives’. Once Collins and Snowe are drummed out of the party, the definition of what is “moderate” will change yet again. The music will stop, and Lindsey Graham, with […]

This is part one of a three part post title “Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, stuck in the middle with you (America)”. False choices. That is what has allowed the hyper-partisans (driven by the greedy media which will not spend one nano-second of air time or one paragraph of writing on the non-controversial) […]

For some reason there are those on the right still trying to enforce purity of thought on the conservative coalition, and are willing to throw John McCain under the bus to ensure the GOP is rid of what some folks love to disparagingly refer to as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). Being an Independent Conservative […]