[apillar]

I thought the women that called in last few minutes of Rush's show yesterday made a good point about this.

She said that the Republican party treated conservatives the same way the Democrats treat blacks. That is the Republicans need conservative votes to get elected so they throw out a few platitudes around election time to make sure conservatives come out to the polls, but as soon as the election is over conservatives concerns are forgotten untill the next election. A few conservatives are given token positions of power, but any true conservative that strives for power is dismissed as extreme and not supported by the party. And just like Blacks and the Democrat party, the republicans can get away with this because conservatives have nowhere else to turn.

[RiflemanSharpe]

You are so right.

[Lady Eileen]

I heard her also...she was right on the money.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

That is the Republicans need conservative votes to get elected so they throw out a few platitudes around election time to make sure conservatives come out to the polls, but as soon as the election is over conservatives concerns are forgotten untill the next election. A few conservatives are given token positions of power, but any true conservative that strives for power is dismissed as extreme and not supported by the party. And just like Blacks and the Democrat party, the republicans can get away with this because conservatives have nowhere else to turn.

BUMP!

Just damn...that is so spot on...I'm speechless. Multi-mega-kudos to you.

[Dane]

A few conservatives are given token positions of power, but any true conservative that strives for power is dismissed as extreme and not supported by the party. And just like Blacks and the Democrat party, the republicans can get away with this because conservatives have nowhere else to turn

Huh Reagan never signed a partial birth abortion ban. Appointed Sandra Day O'Connor. Oh yeah he signed an amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Anyway before you go your tirades, look at the whole picture and maybe get over your amimus towards people who make your beds at the hotels you stay at or clean the toilets at your office.

[Arpege92]

".....the republicans can get away with this because conservatives have nowhere else to turn."

I feel differently than you do.....I'm not going to vote at all in 2004.

[Law]

I thought the woman that called in during the last few minutes of Rush's show yesterday made a good point... that the Republican Party treated conservatives the same way the Democrats treat blacks.

She's right. It seems that in all their scheming, Bush and Rove have forgotten some elementary laws of politics:

11. In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.

34. You can't make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.

[From "The Laws of the Public Policy Process," compiled by Morton Blackwell, President, the Leadership Institute]

Bush and Rove need a refresher course at boot camp.