Posted on 04/20/2005 8:53:17 PM PDT by section9
Any one of you who have followed the contest over judicial nominations have missed a lot if you have missed Hugh Hewitt's website. To catch up on what's going on with the filibuster, and how the present sad excuse for Republican leadership is failing the rank and file, please click on the link provided above.
However, I have a modest proposal.
For all the differences that I have had with many of you over Condi Rice and other things, I suspect that we all share a passionate disgust when the subject of Bush's judicial nominations are raised. These are good men and women who deserve a vote on the floor of the Senate. They have been unfairly branded as extremists by Democratic Senators too craven to admit that they are carrying water for the Monied Left.
Meantime, John Bolton is being sent by GW to clean out the Augean Stables in Turtle Bay. The Democratic Party, apparently, has chosen to look the other way while the corruption of the Oil For Food Program is swept under the rug.
And so, to solve these problems, and more, President Bush committed himself in 2002 and 2004 not to win what he told Karl Rove was "a lonely victory". He wanted a Republican victory for our Party. He campaigned over a period of months and distance of thousands of miles, especially for the Senate, in order to help people like Bill Frist, George Allen, and John McCain make a difference.
It's because of George Bush that Bill Frist is Majority Leader. It's because of W. that McCain is Chairman of Armed Services instead of Ranking Member. And how was George W. Bush's hard work and trust repaid? All of George Bush's time and effort that was put into helping Republicans retake the Senate and retire Tom Daschle was repaid in what fashion?
ANTONY
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
You all do know this mantle: I remember
The first time ever Caesar put it on;
'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent,
That day he overcame the Nervii:
Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through:
See what a rent the envious Casca made:
Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd;
And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away,
Mark how the blood of Caesar follow'd it,
As rushing out of doors, to be resolved
If Brutus so unkindly knock'd, or no;
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart;
And, in his mantle muffling up his face,
Even at the base of Pompey's statua,
Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
George Voinovich's conduct in the Foreign Relation's Committee Hearing was a disgrace, and a failure of Senate Leadership. Richard Lugar is an insult to empty suits everywhere. Joe Biden walked all over him. Lincoln Chaffee's nickname is "Missing Linc". Likewise, the wobbliness going on amongst the Senate moderates bespeaks a lack of strong leadership from Frist's office, something I have long suspected from the Good Doctor.
Bush gave them a Majority, yet they refuse to act as one. And so, I came up with the idea not of refusing the SRCC any money altogether, but of sending them, each and every one of them, ONE thin dime.
And that's all they get, until they support this President as he has supported them through thick and thin.
I know. 49 of the Pubbies have been good guys. But this is a matter of making everyone in the barracks pay for the f*%^offs.
I know Richard Shelby is a good guy. I know Martinez is a good guy. I know Santorum is a good guy. But this is a situtation in which the Republican rank and file has to tell the Senators that we won't tolerate leaving GW on the field all by his lonesome after he has done all the heavy lifting.
We in the rank and file MUST hold ALL of these prima donnas accountable, otherwise the peer pressure on the Wets from the Conservatives won't amount to much.
If EVERYONE is suffering because of the Wobblies, the Wobblies will feel compelled to go along to maintain friendships and the prospect of staying in the majority after 2006. The key to understanding the Olympia Snowes of this world is that there is a little Jim Jeffords in all of them, and they see what happened to Jim Jeffords. They don't want to be Jim Jeffords. Remember, they care about their jobs more than they care about you. Send them a dime to show that you care about them as much as they care about the President.
And when THEY decide to care about the President's agenda more, perhaps you'll be a tad more generous. But not before.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
A dime is okay, but a two cent tip as left for a unsatisfactory waiter or waitress,is much better understood.
"Not One Dime" is a catchier slogan though.
Whether one dime, 9 pennies, or nothing the cash cow from the grassroots needs to end here. Big business may still contribute money but the grassroot contributions signify votes. Votes end now until our pathetic cowardly representatives learn how to govern as a majority for OUR side.
Otherwise they can kiss those seats goodbye in '06.
What? Shebly is no better than Voinovitch.
Shelby pulled the same crap back in February of '99. Don't you remember? He said that 10 or 15 R senators would vote no on purjury. It was push-poll BS. Then he wound up voting no with only a small number of other R's.
Then last year after Bush thought it was best that information about the Saudi's remained classified, Shelby went on all the Sunday morning shows and criticized the president for doing such.
BTW, Lugar is not the problem.
I won't even send them a Dime
Chris, I agree that President Bush and many many republican voters busted their butts to get these Senators in office and to gain a larger majority
And how do these nit wits on the Hill return the favor???
As my tag line states ...
Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!
I already vented my spleen over this last night. I emailed every GOP Senator, staffer and gov't grifter that popped up on my screen. Not one returned an email. Not one. I now fully understand just how little I mean to them.
Not one thin dime.
See, I actually want to make the ba$tards suffer for screwing the President this way. He busted his balls for these guys, and now their bailing on him. So, make them force their staffers to spend time depositing all the dimes into bags, etc. When you send them a dime, they start thinking about piss poor turnout numbers in midterms. That's what will scare them. That and no junket money.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
If you don't penalize the group for what the jerks do, then there's no peer pressure on the jerks. Remember, the Wobblies want to be liked more than anything else. That's just the way it is. I know it's unfair, but fair is for Girl Scouts. If they're all suffering because of what a few moderates like Warner and Snowe are doing, you can bet that the pressure on Warner and Snowe will be unbelieveable. They'll fold up like a cheap three-card monte table. Be Seeing You,
Chris
Constructive thinking and constructive ideas don't belong on this thread.
Instead, we're going punish 49 R good guys and we're going to help 45 D bad guys all, so that we can punish 6 R bad guys.
Yeah, a token! A "Wuss" token. I'm in.
Chris my friend. I honestly don't think that peer pressure on the bad R's by the good R's is going to help.
The 5 or 6 bad R's are playing to a different audience.
BTW, what's with Nebraska? Anybody?
Well .. I'm not sending anything at the moment - but my regular dues for the RNC are on hold [which I've already informed them] - if they get Bolton confirmed and the senate rule changed - they will have my financial support.
What I'm hoping is that when they actually do the deeds - the public will overwhelm them with support and finances and the repubs will see that they can get by without the dems.
And .. they'll find out Rush was right when he keeps telling them .. just do the right thing and the politics will follow.
I look forward with child-like glee for the answer....which I am sure is coming any time now.
W---STILL PRESIDENT
stickers on a sheet of paper. Underneath write: In support of the "Send One Dime" campaign, please find my dime or nickel or penny.
Proceed with PRESIDENT BUSH'S agenda, or this will be the last you will receive from me.
Thinking along the lines of "on a scale of 1-10" with 1 cent being major puke (aka Voinovich), 5 cents=RINO, 10=gutless but the best we've got.
Well .. I've done my part - I've been screaming and yelling at the repub Committee members for 2 days - and now that the Lady from the MOB has been outed by her boss as a liar - I'm hoping something will happen very soon.
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