Except for the fact that I would describe myself as a moderate.  I can empathize with the desire and need for sensible tax cuts and smaller government, but I can&#x27;t support a platform that is incoherent and hypocritical.<p>EDIT: To add a little more substance.  I think the incoherence stems from the fact that the current conservative alliance is formed from approximately 3 distinct groups, with different priorities.  You have the religious folks who care about abortion, same-sex marriage, drug laws, etc...  And then you have the blue collar group that cares more about immigration, guns, etc..  And then you have the pro-business group which mostly cares about taxes and deregulation.  From the outside looking in, it shouldn&#x27;t be surprising that it&#x27;s hard to empathize with the &#x27;conservative&#x27; world view, because the external manifestations of that worldview are often very contradictory (i.e. why would a group that supports small-government also support the drug war, etc...)