Two Visions equal DI-Vision

I am a conservative. Unabashed. Not everything Rush Limbaugh does thrills me. I have been critical of him in the past. Here. Other places.

Right now we are as Conservatives fighting for our lives. We are batting at the wind. Then Pres Obama says something about Rush and Republicans tip over.

The story is here. You probably heard this. An update to all this is that the Conservatives and some Republicans have apologized and contacted Rush to make right. All is OK now.

BUT

This is an example of what is happening. We are a big tent coalition. Social Conservatives mixed with Social Liberals. Religious mixed with unbelievers. Believers in Darwin mixed with believers in the Biblical account of Creation. Fiscal conservatives and those who would spend money for the common good freely.

The problem is we know what we believe, whoever we are. Beating each other up over what we believe is counter productive. We can argue, but sometimes it goes beyond that.

I think the Rush experience has demonstrated that we need to behave and not let our President push us around. Or even each other.

What concerns me even more is the anti Intelligent Design pro Darwin wing in the Conservative tent that has somehow decided by itself that unless you believe as they do you can't be accepted. This won't work and is counter productive to the Nth degree to other causes we agree on.

That's not going to work. We will only insure that the Liberals stay in power forever.

This internal war can be settled. But it’s got to be settled with vision. One vision. Not two. Two Visions equal division.

It’s a vision that includes fiscal restraint, self reliance, libertarianism sprinkled in and a strong dose of social conservatism with faith in God as it’s core. I know that disturbs people who don’t believe in God, but 80% of conservative voters do. They may not always live that way but they believe.

So, if we are going to succeed we have to allow those who speak up informed by faith to have an opinion not being denigrated by those without.

In this year of Darwin Worship, that will have to include those of us (me) who do not buy the whole Evolution thing in spades. I’m not a young earth-er either. There were dinosaurs. They just weren’t my ancestors. Neither was any ape I know. I did have an uncle once....

I read the tirades against intelligent design on conservative blogs and all I see is people trying to destroy one thing that holds many of us together, A faith in a God we know is there. If you choose to not believe, that’s OK. We hope you do someday. But don’t denigrate those of us who do.

When the line in the sand is drawn over evolution or creationism you are asking a large portion of conservative Americans to abandon deeply held religious beliefs to be part of your club. We don’t deserve or expect ridicule. The operator of Pajamas Media who writes Little Green Footballs is one of the worst offenders in this. How does poking fun at me or trying to make me feel stupid help the cause? Here is his latest broadside attack.

We have bigger fish to fry than arguing about Darwin and his wacky theory. Cut it out.