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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Don't understand
	Date:	12/21/2009 4:17:00 PM

No, I understand exactly what you are saying and it is a conundrum. Do you vote for a candidate that may be with you on fiscal issues but not exactly with you on social issues, or vice versa? You are faced with a tough decision. Do you abandon fiscal sanity so you can "do what you want in the privacy of your bedroom" or do you live with a candidate that maybe doesn't believe in gay marriage or some other social issue that is apparently important to you.

I admit it is easier for me because I am a fiscal and social conservative....by that I mean that I am for small government, a strong national defense and traditional values. No candidate is perfect but for me, there was no choice in 2008 other than the Republican ticket. For many social liberals, they were willing to allow the long term damage to our economy and national defense in order to achieve their social goals. Many took a chance and as the polls clearly show have quickly come to regret their decision.

I could go on all day why neither I nor other conservatives care what you do in your bedroom. We care when activists try to foist their social beliefs on us through legislation and the courts. But I have found that distinction usually can't penetrate ideology.