Posted on 09/03/2006 1:12:40 PM PDT by Treize
I suppose you don't realize how ridiculous you sound.
For hopefully the last time, I'm not ADVOCATING turning anything over to the Democrats. I am trying to squelch the alarmism which people like you seem to have bought hook line and sinker.
I don't want the Democrats in control any more than you do but, if it happens, it won't be the end of the world. You sound like the media going crazy over John Mark Karr and Hurricane Ernesto.
Do you think the Democrats will try any harder to cheat in 2006 than they did in 2004? Didn't work then, did it? In fact, when did the media buildup to any election turn out to be right?
I refuse to let all the alarmism get to me because it is wrong far more often than it's right.
I owe you an apology ... I was reading the past postings of someone else, not you! When I took a break and came back online, I realized your posts have been mostly regarding the Ramsey case, which confused the heck out of me because I found myself reading the posts with same dates but completely different entries! So, I apologize for inferring you were anti-Bush. As to your invitation to allow the democrats to take the House and thus get the Senate too, shear foolishness. Democraps can do too much damage from which this nation with such an insidious enemy could not recover from.
I have a theory about this .. when there is so small a group in the majority .. the minority thinks it can run things and it can make it very hard for the majority to get anything done.
However, if we increase the majority .. there is less of a likelihood that the majority will be willing to cave to the minority.
You see how that works ..?? A lot of these people are terrified of the media in DC - because they can damage you - but if you have a whole group who can stand together - there is less chance of any media reports singling out one person.
I know it's not curing the problem of repubs acting like conservatives .. but just being a repub is no guarantee that the person is a conservative! We have to make it easier for them to agree with the conservative viewpoint more often - not less often - by staying home and allowing the minority to gain strength.
Is anybody getting this ..??
"... by staying home and allowing the minority to gain strength." Did you mean to write 'by NOT staying home'? If not, I'm not getting it ...
"We have to make it easier for the moderate repubs to agree with the conservative viewpoint more often - not less often by staying home and allowing the minority to gain strength."
Because, if we stay home and allow the minority to get larger .. it will make it harder for the moderate repubs to side with conservative ideas because the moderates will be under more pressure from the minority. I revised the sentence a little - maybe that makes more sense to you.
The GOP has been trying like mad to accommodate the dems at the expense of the conservatives for the last couple years. Betting that "anything is better than HILLARY!". But, when the only choice is between a quick slide to ruin or a slightly slower one, is there really a choice? If people don't vote GOP because the candidates don't represent them, why blame them for the lack of support? I don't vote a straight ticket just to get someone with an R in office, I vote on the person's views.
Amen.
Or, it could happen that the democrats assisted by the media would claim credit for everything good and blame everything bad on bush leading to a successful takeover of all three branches in 2008.
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