Let's look at CB's positions:
"Feminist, but against the Equal Rights Amendment"
The most Feminist Republican women are probably Snowe, Collins, and Connie Morella and I am almost positive that all three of them supported the ERA.
"I don't think abortion is a right protected by the Constitution but I am opposed to the ban on so-called "partial birth abortions" I think states should keep first trimester abortions legal, and I think some of them will, and some of them won't, if Roe v. Wade were reversed. I think RU-486 is a good idea, but I favor abstinence. I know it's unrealistic, but I wish we could teach young men and women to "just say no." "
Now I still feel very very few people fit the above. There are pro-choice people who are in FAVOR of the Partial birth abortion ban.
"I don't censor what they can look at on the Internet, but I don't take them to R-rated movies."
"I don't think homosexuals should be banned from the military, and I don't have a problem with homosexual marriage, but I don't think they deserve special rights, either."
There are liberals opposed to homosexual marriage.
"I am opposed to affirmative action. I am opposed to any type of quota system, including attempts to reduce the number of Asians and Jews from attending state-funded colleges."
Fairly mainstream there
"I think that most recreational drugs should be legalized, including marijuana, LSD, Ecstacy, cocaine, and heroin."
Honestly, other than WF Buckley, Milton Friedman and Libertarians, how many conservatives believe the above?
"I think we need a strong military."
"I think the federal government needs to butt out of issues that belong to the states, like education, health, and welfare."
"I think school vouchers are a good idea."
"I favor the death penalty."
OK, the above fit the conservative profile, but then we add:
"I oppose prayer in public schools and at football games held by public schools, but I favor allowing people of all religions to put up displays of religious symbolism in public"
I just don't think that large of a percentage of people match CB on ALL of these issues. There are 13 positions listed above or 8,192 possible combinations. I am fairly certain that CB's is one of the rarer of those 8,192.
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