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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace...IMO, your comments are why the Repubilcan party will continue to shrink and become the "small tent" party with a conservative litmus test.
Remember the days of Rockefeller/Dirksen/Percy repubilcans..that party no longer exists.
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I don't remember the days of Rokerfeller...I became a Republican when Reagan was in office. When I look back on a historical basis I found it interesting that Martin Luther King was a Republican.
Regarding the "small tent" issue - I am not concerned with the size of the "tent", I don't compromise on my core beliefs and if being "big tent" means bigger government (in terms of the percent of GDP - I know government gets bigger when the economy grows but government should not grow at a faster rate than the economy and should be smaller than it is now) count me out. The conservative case can be made and conservatives can get votes without compromising core beliefs.