Posted on 08/31/2005 12:53:52 PM PDT by HallowThisGround
Mark Tapscott of the Heritage Foundation asks the question first asked by James Dobson four years ago: is the Republican Party addressing the issues of its conservative base in the policies it advances in Congress?" He notes:
Thanks to the incredible expansion of federal entitlements, regulations and pork spending sanctioned by the GOP leadership in Congress since 2001, there is virtually no chance that Big Government is going to be shrunk even a little any time soon.
And since there is no sign the folks running Congress are willing to change course, why shouldn’t conservatives dump the GOP?
Incredibly, after a decade of GOP control, the federal government is bigger, more powerful, costs more and is less accountable than it was when the Democrats were thrown out by voters in 1994 after four decades of mostly uncontested rule. . . .
Perhaps such a turn of events would be the needed jolt, but it seems just as likely, given recent history, that only the names and party affiliations of those doing damage in Congress would change.
Got any suggestions?
I don't know if we should abandon the Grand Ol' Party, but something needs to be done. Grassroots lobbying, for a start.
With leaders like Frist, we might as well have a dozen Clintons.
I wouldn't go so far, but the big government situation is getting bad. But what are our options? Goldwater in '08? I wish, but not gonna happen.
I'm with him. Let's say you went to a doctors office where there were two doctors.
One of them has a crazy technique where he says he is going to heal your long term problems by pumping you full of alcohol and cocaine. Plus, he is going to charge you $100. You know that this is not in the long term interest of you and your family. Call this guy Dr. Democrat.
Instead you go to Dr. Republican across the hall. He tells you that he is going to put you on a long-term healthy diet, although you might have to give up donuts in the short term. Plus, he only charges you $50.
Give those two options, you make an appointment with Dr. Republican. You go into his office. He puts you in a chair, and fills you with cocaine and alcohol. When you leave, the receptionist presents you with a bill for $200.
You say "WTF? This isn't why I chose Dr. Republican! He has given me the same treatment that Dr. Democrat would have, plus it has cost even more! I'm going to go see if there is another Dr. out there who is honest, and practices sound medicine. Perhaps I can help set him up in his own office."
Just then, Dr. Republican comes out and says "Hey, don't be mad at me. If you went to Dr. Democrat, it would have been even worse! Besides, I'm one of you. We both have short hair. Dr. Democrat is a long haired hippy! Stay with me, we're pals!, and besides, if you leave me, I won't be able to treat you anymore. You will have to go to Dr. Democrat until you find this new doctor".
Would you:
A: Switch to Doctor Democrat.
B: Stay with Doctor Republican.
C: Try to find the new doctor.
I would go with C.
Ron Paul is probably the last real Republican we have in office.
Well, the country survived eight years of one Clinton and I suppose it'd survive eight years of another. Can you think of any other way to get the GOP's attention?
Not without compromising our values. But there's no good democrats to vote for either. They're all far left these days. For G-d's sake, Howard Dean and the screaming Deaniacs head and organize the party these days. And the libertarian party is anti-Iraq.
We need to all join the Republican liberty caucus and get behind that bigtime. That's my only suggestion, poor as it may be.
It's amazing to me how many people around here seem to advance the following two positions simultaneously:
Voting for a third party candidate is foolish because that is a vote for a RAT.
Doing God's work is the most important thing that a human can do.
If you vote for a GOP who promises one thing but does not deliver or worse, delives the opposite, how can you continue to support him and his party?
Isn't it MOST appropriate to vote for a candidate who actually advances a Christian platform and let the chips fall where they may, instead of constantly voting against the worse of two choices election after election?
What has the GOP done to stop abortion?
Whas has the GOP done to curb eminent domain abuses?
What has the GOP done to craft a tax code which does not punish achievement?
What has the GOP done to reduce the entitlement mentality in this country?
What has the GOP done about federal judges who use foreign law or their own personal policy judgments as a substitute for the strict interpretation of the Constitution?
What has the GOP done about those responsible for 9/11 in our own government?
What has the GOP done about treasonous activity on the part of America haters in this country who undermine our efforts in a time of global war?
What has the GOP done about Sandy Burglar?
Answer: nothing but rhetoric and fancy marketing campaigns.
'Lotta people went with 'C' in '92... but they ended up with a violated, Oval Office sink.
I don't mean 'vote for Hillary'; I mean that voting for a third-party candidate of your choice, knowing that it will elect Hillary, is better in the long run than continuing to reward the Republicans for ignoring us.
I am a Republican because I'm not a Democrat. I believe in what the GOP, supposedly, stands for but not in what it is doing. But to vote for a third party is just to throw away your vote. What's a fellow to do>
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