I don't consider myself a pure conservative, although like a lot of the other people on this board I am an independent, I have a kind of centrist attitude towards most policies.
One thing I do share with conservatives, though, is an occasion disdain for liberal viewpoints. I don't support the war in iraq but there are other issues where I fall on the right-wing side. Unfortunately, most independent organizations are under liberal control, for example, Unity08. They want to elect a centrist ticket with one republican and one democrat, which is an interesting proposition. However, they also have a website where you can rank the importance of socio-political issues -- unity08.com/issues (couldn't make it a live link). As you can see, energy independence is the top issue. I don't disagree that it's an issue, but the top issue? I wish that more independent conservatives would get involved in these things rather than toeing the GOP party line, but that's just me.
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