Conservative are wimps

One of the interesting theories I've been thinking about lately is the pattern of wimpiness of conservative leaders. They talk tough. They act tough, but their record shows relative fright. The position of conservatives who support torture is simply disgusting to me. It is a vengeance and bullying kind of mindset. It has no regard for efficiency and is based on gut emotion, not factual information. The idea that they'd squeal under torture is all the thought they put into it....so it must be effective.

It interests me to realize that the Supreme court decision to require Guantanimo prisoners to have legal representation and be tried by a jury of their peers had a dissent from (guess who?) Antonin Scalia who said, quaking: "Allowing federal judges, rather than military officials, to release terror suspects could have disastrous consequences.

The game of bait-and-switch that today's opinion plays upon the nation's commander in chief will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.

This is based on simple unreasoning fear and nothing else.

Conservatives don't want Guantanimo prisoners moved to US prisons. They'll break out and harm us seems to be the "fear". Even though McVeigh and company were housed easily and successfully. What a joke. NIMBY. They're scared.

I think conservatives generally are the victims of projection. They accuse you of doing what they themselves are doing. Look at the ration of public officials who divorce (conservative vs liberal). Look at their strong objection to homosexuals and then start counting the homosexuals among them .... it's hard to do since you're out of the party pretty much once you are outed.

Look at the Focus on the Family and the Fallwell group's list of miscreants. Susan Smith's dad was head of Fallwells group in SC, yet it was determined he sexually molested Susan when she was a teen. (I swear I didn't see him prosecuted for this).

I am wondering if there simply isn't a serious character flaw in the right wing mindset? Are they hard right conservatives because of their messed up set of genes? It's beginning to seem so.