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Still don't get it...do you..so here I'll post this part again.

Reagan Conservatives are those who don't compromise their values. The Republican party needs that these days...yet it seems difficult to find them. Republicans also need someone who can actually orate--someone who is not like a McCain. The Democrats seem to find plenty of skilled salesmen for their cause...but the Republicans are the ones who need them.

But, let me try to do that for you here, at least to an extent. What are Conservative values?

* Conservative values are backed up by historical precedent, logically derived principles, and prudence (practicality). Conservatives love facts. Liberals, Socialists, Communists, and Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hate facts, because to them facts are pernicious things that get in the way of a good ideology--and their irresponsible actions.
* Speaking of facts, anyone who checks into them will fairly quickly learn that it's Conservatives who make up the intellectual party in politics. Progressivism co-opted--that is, stole--that concept in order to grab power.
* Conservatives understand that outside of running the military and other related protective services, the government, either federal or state, simply cannot achieve what private, capitalist free market based industry achieves. Government is not reason, government is not the embodiment of any higher moral authority. Government at its very best is a necessary evil. At its worst, it is completely evil. But it is never, ever rational or moral. It is a force. And that is why it must be kept strictly limited and in check.
* Conservatives understand that any "liberal" values must be expressed privately. They cannot be ensconced as federal laws or economic ideals. They don't work in that way. If everyone is free, how can you force a large amount of people to accept freedom? You can't. It's really very simple.
* Conservatives understand that you don't get something for nothing. When the government increases spending and entitlement programs and "bailouts", it is just stealing money from private citizens--and using that money in ways that are inefficient at best and downright harmful at worst.