Knock yourself out
Posted on 08/25/2002 12:50:21 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Recently, I did an interview with Focus on the Family in which I stated that pro-family conservatives are not motivated to vote in the upcoming elections in November 2002. While I stand by that statement - because it is true - I was contacted by a high level White House staffer who pointed out all the reasons he believes that pro-family conservatives should be motivated to get out there and support President Bush. Taken together, it is a pretty impressive list. I will mention some of the items on his list, but by no means all of them, for purposes of discussion.
First there is the passage of the tax cut and the effort to make it permanent. Then, there is the nomination of excellent judges and the defense of those nominees who are encountering opposition for partisan purposes. President Bush rejected the International Criminal Court. He got us out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and thus paved the way for a missile defense system. The Ashcroft Justice Department, directed by the President, opposed partial birth abortion in the Ohio case and opposed euthanasia in the Oregon case.
The President opposed human cloning and has pushed for the right legislation in the Congress to ban it. The President opposed taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research. The Justice Department has supported the correct view of the Second Amendment.
The President has pushed for energy independence. He signed the parsonage tax credit bill and the Born Alive Infant Protection bill, during which, at the signing ceremony, the President made the strongest pro-life statement coming out of the Oval Office in a couple of decades.
The President signed the Child Custody Protection Act. In the Prenatal Health Insurance Bill, he insisted that the definition of eligibility include the fetus. In the House he pushed for a welfare reform bill where marriage, work and the family are central.
The President rejected the United Nations Rights of the Child Treaty. He rejected funding for the United Nations Population Fund. He raised abstinence education funding to a record $300 million.
In addition, the President has praised single sex schools, highlighted the Boy Scouts, and condemned the Ninth Circuit Court's ruling removing "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.
My White House friend says that the whole demeanor and atmosphere in his place of work has changed. He is right about that. No more pot smoking, condom swinging, late night liaisons with teeny-boppers at the White House. It is a dignified place to work once again.
Now, in fairness, all of this has to be weighed against the sight of the president and Teddy Kennedy working together to pass the budget-busting education bill that threw out vouchers on day one. And there are liberal holdovers at the Justice Department and others departments pursuing policies that should be rejected by a conservative administration. Moreover, the administration seems to have a weakness toward homosexuals. Not only have there been a number of high level appointments, but the Justice Department, under the leadership of one of the heroes of the religious right, had a so called Gay Pride event. The President signed into law the so-called campaign reform law which has hurt the ability of every pro-family organization to explain to the voters the records of the Members of Congress or the positions of the challenger candidates. Then there is the huge agriculture subsidy bill that undoes most of the excellent "Freedom to Farm" reform effort of 1996, with most of the money going to big farm conglomerates, doing little for the family farm.
And now the Department of Health and Human Services has ruled that the government can share medical records with employers and insurance companies without your consent. And HHS is pushing a plan to deal with 9/11 type medical emergencies that all but does away with any remaining states' rights.
Again, I could go on. You will have to determine which list means the most to you.
But of the many good things the president has done, almost no one knows about them. I was speaking with some Midwest grass roots activists, who pride themselves on knowing what is going on. I read them the list from the White House staff member. They were shocked. They had heard of only about a quarter of the items mentioned. If folks like this haven't heard the good news, it is a lead pipe cinch that folks in the precincts know less.
If the Bush Administration expects to motivate voters for this fall, it had better learn to tell its story, short and sweet. One way that might be done would be for the president to cut a series of radio spots to be played in states where the stakes are high.
But what the heck, my advice on such things is never followed anyway.
Are you ever coherent?
Thanks for the ping Uncle Bill. That is the absolute truth about how Bush ramroded the 245(i) Amnesty for illegal aliens legislation through the House. The WH resorted to covert operations and twisted every republican arm on the Hill to pass this monstrosity. If Senator Bryd didn't bottle up this bill in the Senate, Bush would have signed it in April. No doubt about it.
Our grassroots efforts on FR really made a difference here. Nevertheless, as calawah98's letter from the WH makes clear, Bush is going to make sure the 245(i) Amnesty is a done deal come hell or high water as soon as the election is over. It's coming and nothing will stop Bush or Congress from passing it short of political uprising.
Who did I cut up? But since you’re here..........
Since I'm here WHAT?
Knock yourself out
Sheesh...is this really necessary? Freepers can be really disgusting people. Thanks for reminding me why I spend so little time on FR anymore.
I think you are seriously misreading some of the W-freaks around here. Much of the admiration for W is due, in part, to his complete devotion and fidelity to his wife; therefore, I know of none who would even remotely resemble the pathetic woman who spoke those words in regards to Clinton. You shouldn't paint all women with the same brush!
You obviously have something in your craw, perhaps your own lack of morality, but I admire and respect the President as a brother in Christ, who is honorable and filled with integrity.
Qualities you obviously lack.
It's obvious that these "men" who attack pure and moral admiration for the President, haven't got a clue as to what is going on with us. It is the President's morality, love for and faithfulness to Laura that make him admirable and give credence to his trustworthiness in other things. It is his loyalty to family, devotion to his God, and desire to serve HIM that create the kind of admiration we have for him.
I seriously wish that my beloved (and strong) husband could meet up with jerks like this and flatten them for their insinuation that I lack moral integrity.
He would be happy to clean this wimp's clock, and I'm sure would have no trouble doing so, because his only "courage" is in his fingertips.
It's ironic that you accuse me of being 'shrill' when it was you who attacked my very decency based on total misinterpretation of what I was saying. Perhaps it was your own distaste for the President caused you to misread what I was saying, and your own lack of respect for the President that caused you at attack me for mine.
Respect. Dignity. Morality. Integrity. Honor. Ever heard of these things? I guess not.
hehehe. No I doubt that would be GW's style. His style is convince the "true believers" that no matter how liberal he acts, no matter how much he concedes to the Democrats or give away in America's sovereignty, it is all part of a divinely inspired Brilliant Master Plan that is designed to screw the Democrats at a predetermined point and place in time...details of which will be released on a needs to know basis when appropriate.
Yes, the Bush agenda seems to go WAY past that, particularly on immigration.
As for Uncle Bill, it was sarcasm, not an attack, because of his overkill, and arrogance. And he called me an idiot for it.
At any rate, thanks for the apology (it was one, wasn't it?) about impugning my character.
I appreciate the fact that you think I'm wrong about President Bush. I'd like you to wait and see how much has been accomplished for the Conservative cause at the end of his 8 years. IMO, it will be greater than in any recent President's administration, because he is willing to make small progress for the greater goal.
That's pretty good son, did I show you this?
Federal domestic spending has grown more under President Bush than under any other administration in history, and more than under the administrations of Presidents Carter and Reagan combined - even after excluding the costs of the savings and loan bailout and net interest costs on the federal debt.
The Bush administration has also reversed the trend in domestic spending as a share of the national economy.
When domestic spending is compared with the rate of inflation:
Source: Scott A. Hodge and Robert Rector, "What George Bush Is Not Being Told about Federal Spending," Backgrounder No. 886, March 4, 1992, Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, (202) 546-4400.
No, we are just not willing to accept someone pissing on our leg and telling us it's raining.
If your president is so "honorable and filled with integrity" why does he violate the oath he swore with his hand on a Bible to "uphold and defend the Constitution..."
That does not meet my definitions of honor and integrity or that of a good Christian.
Regards
J.R.
Talk about your Theatre of the Absurd.
btw, how interesting that you should refer to him as "your President" and not "our President," and very revealing about what kind of man (?) you are.
Are you no longer an American because you don't happen to like our President? Are you from another country by birth, or have you just abandoned your own because our President doesn't toe your line. Some patriotism.
You call me presumptious because I point out that Bush dishonors a sacred oath and then you claim to know the opinion of God on the matter?
btw, how interesting that you should refer to him as "your President" and not "our President," and very revealing about what kind of man (?) you are.
Are you going to sic your husband on me as well?
Are you no longer an American because you don't happen to like our President? Are you from another country by birth...
Your jingoism is showing.
...or have you just abandoned your own because our President doesn't toe your line. Some patriotism.
I have rejected the dross of those whose "patriotism" is limited to the dogma of a political party. i.e. nothing matters but re-election. I have instead adopted the real metal that is strict adherance to the Constitution.
You and yours have already co-opted the term "conservative". You are welcome to "patriot" as well.
The term Constitutionist suits me quite well.
Regards
J.R.
My husband has nothing to do with this discussion.
Jingoism.......you think you're pretty cute, don't you.
I am a patriot. I am a conservative, and I'm not interested in any further discussions with you, because your opinion is not worth my time.
When I had only been on FR for two months, you did me the honor of calling me nasty names and making inane accusations, because at that point, you already had a disdain for this fine President, and any respect for him was a cause for ridicule from you. I see you have not changed, since this thread is days old, and you sought me out to insult me.
Since that point, however, I have met hundreds of fine people and have a home here among fine loyal, Americans, and you are still nasty.
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