Social Issues and Fiscal Issues

I am a conservative. I am a fiscal conservative. I am a social conservative. I am a constitutional  conservative. I am also a father of eight.

My eight children are politically involved to different degrees. They run the full gamut from moderates to conservative like their father.

We occasionally have some interesting discussions about political topics. When the first bailout happened (under President Bush) one of my children thought it might be a good idea. Fast forward to the present, with more bailouts and takeovers in the financial and automotive industries.Who would have thought that the government would take over GM or AIG. And this same government is planning to take over the healthcare system. My kids all agree on one thing — the government has gotten out of control.

I am tired of people telling me that we social conservatives have to ignore issues like marriage or life in order to create a big tent. Here in Iowa we have a unique opportunity. The fact that homosexuals are getting marriage licenses and being married in Iowa has social conservatives energized. In Clarke County, the battle over eminent domain has constitutional conservatives ready to fight. And the Tea Party movement has shown that fiscal conservatives have had enough.

We Republicans have the answers for all three of these groups. We need to address social, fiscal and constitutional issues. If we do, and if we recognize that the core, the grassroots of this party in Iowa are conservative in all three categories — we can win in 2010.

As a party we do not have to become something we are not — we have to be what we say we are.

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