Still, the conservatives despite all logic contrary are more about tradition and lost cause ideology than the more logically minded ones would like.
And in that regard the liberals have been hitting them where it hurts most for these tradition fetishists.
Their flags, their traditional definition of marriage (insert one man, one woman, and ninety nine concubines joke / Newt Gingrich Marriage Joke), and other items on the tradition front. Its gotten bad enough that they have to celebrate their right to poison people with mercury in the air, a statement which really says all you need to know about the Republican Party.
The Republicans - We Want to Turn The Entire World Into a Gas Chamber.