Cold with a chance of freezing temps

Contrary to popular belief, Hell does freeze over occasionally. It most often happens when Rush Limbaugh says something I agree with. Today, he told his audience that "Romney is not a conservative. He's not, folks. You can argue with me all day long on that, but he isn't. ... This isn't personal, not with what country faces and so forth. I like him very much. I've spent some social time with him. He's a fine guy. He's very nice gentleman. He is a gentleman. But he's not a conservative." Although Rush has no idea what true conservatism is (see the writings of William F. Buckley), he's essentially right. Mitt Romney is fundamentally a moderate who bends toward pragmatism (see his record as governor of Massachusetts, a blue state). Though he leans right of center politically, he is not an ideologue (he's too smart and rational for that). Unlike Rush and his dittoheads, Romney recognizes that shades of gray do exist in the color spectrum. The fact that Romney is reality-based (and would govern in that mode as president) is what scares Republican activists the most.