What about Duncan Hunter?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse

and search for Duncan Hunter. He is the spiritual choice of the majority of members, though Fred! is the practical choice. There are several posters who could tell you everything you wanted to know. He is a great Conservative and would be good choice if he had any traction.

The majority of our country would not support most of these men’s policies. Therefore the far greater majority would need to be forced somehow to go along. The evils of the use power, probably illigitimate use, to achieve noble goals would be the vision…

I think it would be better to quietly attempt to reinforce the constitutional framework of civil liberties, even where those liberties are badly abused, and ignore the inflamatory example of that abuse that incites poorly thought out laws (like the 3 strike laws…).

Hunter hits ALL the right notes, but he also misses so very many because where the “liberals” see abuse of government power, he is blind because of the radical us versus them mentality that infects both conservatives and liberals today.

I really like alot of moderates. Often theirs is the true conservative voice. moderates embrace the status quo and move for change at a snails pace, and are willing to listen to all sides of an argument considering that even if their own goal is noble, their means might be defective or destructive.

True moral conservatives seem to pay more attention to proper means and channels than winning. This seems weak and wishy washy to those who want to win win win. at any cost and by any means because their cause they feel is just and righteous.

conservatives and liberals both want radical change from the current status quo, and they want it now. The world is going to hell in a hand basket and somebody HAS to DO something!!!!!

My trust that God IS in control allows me to be a moderate and trust moderation. The victory HAS been won. Over sin, death and the power of the devil. Even in temporal things. I believe this only with the eyes of faith. What I see does not often sustain my faith. Your mileage may vary.

Gimme the candidate that looks “wishywashy and soft and vacilating (flexible)” as to policy yet with a firm moral compass and great public speaking skills to move the masses voluntarily in a good direction.

Sign me up as a hard-core moderate!

There are:
fiscal conservatives- these are increasingly rare. They seek to cut taxes, and spending.
moral/social conservative- these uphold traditional moral values rather than the expansion of ‘rights’ to special interest groups.

It is getting more difficult to find ‘true’ conservatives in politics these days. Sadly, the frustration people feel with those who were supposed to be conservatives, results in more votes for those who are interested in the expansion of gov’t programs & regulation, increasing taxes and pursuing a ‘progression’ social agenda. Sort of a ‘catch-22’, huh?

Anybody who gets an A+ from F.A.I.R. gets an F from me. I don’t know when anti-immigrant sentiment became a “conservative” characteristic. And I don’t consider it very canservative at all. I don’t like the idea of our laws being broken, but I wouldn’t have liked that during prohibition either. But then, as now, a big part of the problem is that the laws are way out of sync with reality and the economic well being of the country.