Hmmm, I'm a Republican, and I'm conservative on many issues. However, I support the right of a woman to choose an abortion, I support the right of Terry Schiavo to die...Hell - I might even be convinced that universal healthcare is a good thing. I'm open to convincing arguments. Don't tell anybody, but Hillary Clinton - despite being a person whom I consider to have sacrificed integrity for power, as well as a carpetbagger - is probably doing a damn good job as the junior Senator from New York.
I base my positions on my own moral compass, which is different from Hosts, and is different from KMA's, etc. etc. etc. As a result, I find myself cringing each time another "conservative mouthpiece" states that the GOP and the Religious Right have some sort of lock on morality...its absurd!
But yet, it seems that every time I read a post like Hosts, with the thinly-veiled venom and hatred of many (if not all) things right-wing and conservative ("thug" being a word of choice I often run across), the unspoken point is that the other side - in this case the liberal side - is in actuality the side in possession of the "superior" moral position.
If that is indeed a subpoint of all these threads, then I reject it, just as I reject the message from my very own GOP that Republicans hold the moral high ground. Sweeping generalizations about parties and party members are fine and dandy most of the time, but it bears mentioning that the party is also there to function as a gathering point for people who share SIMILAR opinions and values - not IDENTICAL opinions and values.