Posted on 01/26/2004 1:47:29 PM PST by Reagan Man
I think.
As I said before, and will say again, the War on Terror is a big part of fortifying our national security.
Giving the illegal aliens the boot, and sealing our borders against illegals, is the other part.
That he would do so well on the first, only to surrender to the aliens on the second, is unacceptable.
I don't care if it's Kerry or Edwards, or even Ralph Nader (by some strange twist of fate) landed in the White House.
If Bush is fired because of this proposal, our Congress-critters will get a very clear, very threatening message: do what we want, or you're NEXT.
With such a clear message, Congress will not dare to try this again...
Just as the Democraps do whatever they want to black voters and still get 90% of their votes, Dubya believes he can do the same and still get conservative votes. Where else are they going to go? They'll hold their noses and vote for him, right? Many on this forum suggest we do just that.
I voted for him in 2000.
If he continues to push the alien-amnesty idea, I'll vote for everything except the presidential ticket...
Five SC Justices said CFR was constitutional -- I say they're idiots and ought to be impeached.
What was it one justice said, Scalia perhaps, 'The constitution is not a living document, it is an enduring document.'
One man's truth is another man's dogma.
When you get right down to it, that's why this election is so important. Bush is appointing the right folks, he can't get them confirmed.
We need to help him get at least 60 loyal folks in the Senate.
If Kerry/Dean/Edwards/Clark/Rodham get to the Whitehouse, it is a sure thing we'll get the WRONG kind of justices and judges.
I gave his campaign hundreds of dollars and voted for him in 2000 but he turned out to be a moderate instead of the conservative I had hoped for.
Ain't spent dime one on this one yet.
Seen you around here lots, no disrespect intended. But I didn't elect Republicans in order to get massive new entitlements. The author failing to directly mention one of two or three key burrs in the conservative saddle is not an oversight, it is sandbagging.
$2,000,000,000,000.00 is a lot of zeroes.
Bush can't win, no conservative can win with only 35% of the vote in their pocket.
So, he's gotta go to the middle, to get more than 50% of the vote. He went a little too far -- he'll come back. They're already thinking hard about it -- re-read Eberle's article.
Morris calls it triangulation -- whatever, its a political fact of life.
Hell, Bush isn't TRYING to offend anybody, he's playing a calculated strategy to win as many votes as he can.
In '00, the country was sick of Clinton and his whole team, yet Gore still WON the popular election by half a million votes.
Thank God for the narrowest of victories in Florida, and a 5-4 Supreme Court for salvation.
Look at the map, there's STILL a $j*tload of Blue states out there.
Bush has GOT to mine the middle for all the votes he can get, and now your making him worry if he can count on you ??
He's only about 25% of what I wanted... His only successes, IMO, are the War on Terrorism, and reducing taxes.
But those two "atta-boys," are erased by CFR, Prescription-Drug "Bill o' Rights," pork-barrel spending that Bubba Clinton could only dream of, $15BILLION to Africa (how much does he think condoms really cost, anyway?), and then- the absolute worst-case example of idiocy I would ever have guessed from a Republican- the alien-amnesty proposal...
The old joke goes, "one 'awe-sh_t' wipes out a lot of 'atta-boys.'" We've got- count 'em- two atta-boys, and an easy five "awe, sh_t" examples....
Bush isn't 100% of what I wanted, not even 50%...
Maybe, on a good day.......? 25%... Certainly no more than that...
Normally, I would agree with your assessment.
But these are not normal times. W. has only done one thing really different in the past month, that could possibly have an effect on his polls and chances for re-election: the alien-amnesty proposal.
Since he started flogging this dead (and decaying, putrescent) horse, his polling numbers are going into the toilet at supersonic speeds...
The congress-critters- knowing full-well that 83% of Americans see this for the bovine excrement it is, are barely discussing it (there are, of course, a few Kool-aide swilling RINO exceptions)... Because they know that there is a new rail of politics. Social Security has always been the third rail, but immigration???
Like a lightening-bolt blasting a tree you're standing under, the message can't help but be understood- you do this (alien amnesty), and you're toast.
They'll get the message, even if they don't want to...
And how well do you think any of them would handle the war on terror ??
They've all said they're gonna repeal the tax cuts AND RAISE taxes on working class Americans (actually THEY said, on the rich -- to me working class Americans are the 50% who are paying 95% of the taxes - to the Democrats, these are rich people.)
The Democrats are trying to get the other 50% to vote for them, I call them beneficiaries.
VOTE DEOMCRAT - IT BEATS WORKING
He is successful at only one facet of national security, yet is proposing to destroy any semblance of sovereignty, and walking away from any facade of national security...
There have been plenty of "awe, sh_t" moments with W., and I would still have happily voted for him. But THIS???
No. To be victorious in the War on Terror, only to hand our country over to Mexico...?
This is UNACCEPTABLE.
His idea will have long-term, disastrous effects on this country, as anybody with a decent understanding of economics will explain to you.
Loyalty is earned. He has lost my support, and can only get it back by promising to ENFORCE the immigration laws on the books.
If he doesn't make this promise??? Then he'll rot in hell before he gets MY vote...
Look, there's no question he's trying to garner some of the Latino vote -- this thing still has to get batted around in congress -- let's watch it play for awhile.
Truthfully, a well-run, well-documented guest worker program would be a benefit.
But there's gonna have to be some amendments, with teeth, to his proposal, CLOSE the border, only documented folks can come through, no AMNESTY for those who are here illegally, they either go home and come back legally, or they plead guilty and pay a fine for breaking our laws, a baby born to guest workers does not become an automatic citizen.
But, we still gotta compare Bush to the Dems -- ALL of them would've just granted another Reagan amnesty, before the election.
Remember Clinton rushing to swear in half a million new immigrants before the '00 election so they could vote for Gore.
Yes, Dubya erred -- but the Dems would've been (and will be if they win) even worse !!
BUT
It doesn't MATTER.
Bush is no less destructive to the USA, at this point, then any of the other liberal/leftist/socialist/communist candidates.
I just can't see where you're coming from on this one -- we're just gonna have to agree to disagree.
So - how many issues qualifies as reason enough to vote for someone else?
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