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Tim Pawlenty does a pretty good job of it in a RealClearPolitics interview:
RCP: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has called for a “truce” on social issues such as abortion for the next few years that would allow Americans who agree on fiscal but not social issues to work together to fix the nation’s financial problems. Do you support that?
Pawlenty: I’m not sure what Mitch had in mind there but there’s a whole coalition of people and interests and issues that comprise the conservative movement and the conservative perspective. I’m a fiscal conservative as well as a social conservative, so I don’t think it’s an either/or. I think it’s both. And right now the economy is a pressing issue for the nation, and we’re all primarily focused on that and jobs and the like, but that’s not to say there isn’t space to discuss other issues.
Moderating the rhetoric and emphasizing fiscal concerns is fine.
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Ryan| 7.15.10 @ 11:06AM
We can, but only to a certain point. There are plenty of us who are both social and fiscal conservatives who are concerned that this is a ploy by the big-money Washington types to get us off their back.
Alan Brooks| 7.15.10 @ 8:58PM
A truce has to work both ways. Gay marriage would have to be shelved.
Will most gay marriage-supporting Stabbin' Cabin... er I mean Log Cabin Republicans, agree?
Johanjj| 7.15.10 @ 9:53PM
"Stabbin' Cabin"? Really? Please don't use that kind of BS terminology. Not only is it wrong to bait people who (mostly) agree with us, but why give the Liberals more ammo, or risk turning off someone coming to see the other side after Obama disillusionment? Using that sort of slang plays directly into the stereotype of Republicans/Conservatives as homophobes, and I am sick of having the issues being clouded by that kind of BS.
Siegfried X| 7.15.10 @ 12:30PM
This doesn't make any sense because a truce is impossible. Every year Congress, states, and cities pass a budget, which includes decisions on social issues, including abortion. Every year the President names judges to the courts, and the Senate confirms them, knowing that those judges may play an important role in social issues. This is especially true for the state and federal Supreme Courts.
Occam's Tool| 7.15.10 @ 6:48PM
It's simple as hell to be a Conservative, guys:
1) Pro-Low Tax and Reining in Government in domestic financial issues.
2) Pro-Strong and Active Defense in foreign policy, being no better friend and no worse enemy to any country abroad.
3) Pro-Life and Freedom.
Do that consistently. Apply to all problems that arise that framework. Broadcast your decisions, and why they conform to these guidelines, to the heavens. Rinse and repeat. That's what Reagan did, and the only thing changed is the driving ideology of the enemy, not what the outcomes of that ideology would be. Reagan still applies.
Answers1| 7.15.10 @ 9:41PM
1. Take over House, Senate, Presidency.
2. Ram thru conservative agenda.
3. Fu*k the libs.
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 7.15.10 @ 10:09PM
The "truce" won't work & is simply a ploy to tell "values voters" to take a hike & get out of The GOP because the GOP do not want to deal with "values voters" or social issues. No problem GOP. I left the day McCain halted his campaign over the economic meltdown in '08 like a total moron & blew the lead McCain/Palin had over "messiah"/Biden. I wish The Stupid Party all the luck in the world winning elections without social conservatives. Won't happen guys. You can't fix stupid & The GOP wrote the book on it & have powder burns on their feet to prove it.
Mick Lee| 7.16.10 @ 8:07AM
Just for giggles, let's say we commit to a truce. By what benchmarks will we say that the need for such a truce is over and we can move on from there?
Anyone? Mitch? Come'on. Somebody? If you're the ones that is all fired up for a truce, surely you have something in mind for how to tell when the time for the truce would be past.
The truth is I have NEVER met a "green eyeshade" Conservative/Republican that didn't sense a severe thunderstorm on the other side of the horizon on a sunny blue day. Social issues will always have to wait "for now". Plus there is the plain fact that many economic Conservatives think taking up social issues is bad on principle--therefore have no intention of ever fighting for them.
To wit:
What gainth a man to labor many days under the sun and gather much grain into his barns if the truth is taken away from his children?
kingsmill| 7.16.10 @ 8:46AM
The Left does not recognize a "truce". This is a RINO effort to throw in the towel on social issues.
JOEOFPA| 7.16.10 @ 8:53AM
A "truce" is ludicrous. Anyone who is remotely familiar with Democrats knows they would continue their pro-abortion agenda full-throttle through any truce. They would, however, use it to beat any Republican over the head from now till the end of time if he objected to their agenda, or ever declared the "truce" over. I don't think higher of Mitch Daniels' political IQ after hearing that he'd float such an idea. Haven't we suffered enough from Republican political dim-wittedness?
Watching in MN| 7.16.10 @ 12:43PM
Good for Pawlenty.
What sort of sellout is Mitch Daniels, anyways, when you play into the enemy's hand like this. So foolish. This would split the conservatives into at least 3 camps.
Foolish!
Glad this came to the front now. Just what we wouldn't need in 2012. A man who can jettison the lives of babies, the sick, and the elderly during Obama's socialized medicine for supposed political and economic gain.
There is a God who cares about how people view and care for those who are not fortunate or are in a vulnerable state.
Shame on Mitch. Unless he apologizes, I will see him as being a small man in his character.
We mustn't be outmaneuvered.