Just as a random aside, the majority of politicians who call themselves Republicans are not Republicans in the purest sense. Republicans are about smaller government and fiscal conservatism and while a Republican *might* be a moral conservative, it's not a cornerstone of the party's beliefs (primarily because religion only really became a major part of american politics in the past 20 years or so).

The "borrow and spend" Neo-Cons, who have God as a cornerstone of their party, who hate women and are in lockstep against women's rights and who like smaller government when their CEO pals can get away with screwing over their employees and consumers and bigger government when they can take away civil liberties and civil rights are not Republicans.