Posted on 04/26/2005 7:27:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Well, they went and did it.
The Republicans look like they will wimp out, not exercise the so-called Nuclear Option, and Harry Reid will PERMIT two judges to be approved and disapprove four others. Does anyone think for a second the Democrats won't "go nuclear" in a heartbeat if the roles were reversed?
This seals the deal for me. I am a Republican no more. It seems it does not matter if I vote Republican anyways, all I get is more liberalism. I am a man without a political party. I am a conservative without a home.
Between Bushes enthusiastic embrace of illegal immigration, and our party's inability to get even moderately conservative judges approved, what's the freakin' point of voting Republican any more? What's the point of voting? I will get liberalism no matter how I vote. My main issue is guns, and it appears the Democrats have learned their lesson on that one, so it appears I will be safe on the firearms front. Everything else the Republicans stand for, they stand for in word only. They do not seem to want to act. Therefore, I do not seem to want to vote Republican any more.
This is my Opus -- not from Free Republic, but from the Republican party. Even when they have the majority, they surrender.
The Republican Party is the France of politics.
See this thread I posted regarding the founding of the new conservative part.
When the Tx Gop failed to get property tax relief passed in this legistalive session I stoped sending them money. When I get my next letter asking for a check I will write on it can't/won't give, property taxes to high.
Yeah, me too... come to think of it, I love anything that insults the French!
Shazamm! Honorary Tagline!
One reason conservatives are always "working uphill" is that conservative principles value the individual over the collective. Conservatives WANT to work independently, be left alone, less nanny-statism, etc.
Liberals, OTOH, value the collective over the individual. They naturally group, swarm and hive. I dunno about you, but I prefer being identified as an individual. Liberals can eject people from their clique. Conservatives who want to gain power have to compromise on their political objectives. In my opinion, conservative politics is a lost cause. There is no way compromising individuals can stop a monolithic clique. The only effect is slowing of the inevitable.
As a "small l" Libertarian the past few years, I can see from where Lazamataz is coming. I too hold my nose when I pull the lever for Republican candidates.
~ Blue Jays ~
LOL. How true.
Sybil -by Flora Rheta Schreiber
If Rush quotes you today you will become a god not The God but a god.
When the election rolls around, you'll be back, just like me. We're like abused spouses, treated like crap, resolving to stand up for ourselves, but then we make excuses for them and go back.
It's VERY easy to 'write' that in on an electronic voting machine. You don't even have to ask for a pencil...
We are between election cycles. The voters "taking bait" is irrelevant. IT is for us to watch whether or not our representatives "take the bait," or vote along conservative principled lines.
The picture will be different in November 2006. The GOP will make whatever promises it feels are necessary to win elections. The voters will choose ... then.
Rush's quoted me once or twice before, not by name, but by idea. It's more likely that we thought of the same thing at the same time, but I do know he's got operatives scanning FR for the occasional gem to use.
If Rush mentions this, will you alert me?
To quote an Eagle's tune:
"I'm aaaaaaaah-ah-lllll-ready gone..."
The word "but" doesn't appear in Red Green's The Man's Oath:
I'm a man
I can change
...If I have to
I guess
Ok, so I can't win. Anyway, Rush seems to be having multiple personality issues depending on the day. I think I got that right?
Many in the republican party have hung out to dry conservative values a long time ago.
Not any more. I've gotten my final black eye.
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