Eh. In the wider sense they are (or at least Taylor certainly is.) In the literal, Zell Miller sense, they are not, and I frankly don't believe Childers would be even close to one.
Btw, I have a question.
When candidate x bills himself as "I am pro life, period. I am pro Second Amendment, period." and candidate y bills himself as "I'm pro life and pro gun", is that the same message? Do people take them to mean the same thing? Because to me, it doesn't sound like the same message... heck, with a little wordtwisting
I could call myself "pro life and pro gun".
(First is Randy Alexander. Second is Travis Childers.)