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So I urge all to consider an alternative vote if your state, like mine [GA] is an easy Bush win.

I certainly hope you are not serious. And, if you are...I hope you will reconsider. I made the mistake of supporting Buchanan in 1992 and it gave us 8 years of Bill Clinton and all his liberal appointments and executive orders. At least I was smart enough to jump back into the GHW Bush camp before the general election and wasn't so stupid as to line up with the Perotistas!

The Dems are desparate. If they get back in power, the Executive Orders will be flying all over the place -- and what will happen to your "conservative agenda" then? And can you imagine what will happen to the Supreme court? We will be living with the results for the next 50 years -- that is, if we are still a separate nation and haven't been sucked into some one world government scheme by then.

271 posted on 01/27/2004 6:44:34 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I'll try again: Main point -- Giving Bush a healthy margin or even worse, a landslide victory, will only confirm to all politicians in both parties that we indeed are the sheeple, not a people to be wary of angering.

We can vote for Bush, sure. I may do so. But not simply because he has an (R) behind his name. I've already been down that road. It ended with a Republican President out-liberaling the Dimocrats WRT spending & vote-buying. Not very principled by anyone's standard.

Be so good as to end your comments with Baaaaaa please. :)

***Reluctantly, an ex-Republican base voter***

276 posted on 01/27/2004 6:55:35 AM PST by citizen (Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I made the mistake of supporting Buchanan in 1992 and it gave us 8 years of Bill Clinton and all his liberal appointments and executive orders. At least I was smart enough to jump back into the GHW Bush camp before the general election and wasn't so stupid as to line up with the Perotistas!

No...this fallacy keeps being repeated, and it couldn't be further from the truth.

A crappy Bush I campaign, broken promises, an unfinished war in Iraq (ala Colon Powell) and the NWO Republicans gave us the first 4 years of Bill Clinton. A joke of a Bob Dole campaign gave us the second 4 years...even when the Gingrich Republicans had momentum to actually facilitate some real change in this country (they blew that one too). The absense of a principled, conservative candidate gave us 8 years of Bill Clinton...case closed.

Now, in a "lets all fear for our lives, accept anybody with an (R) by their name kind of world"(short of a closet liberal like John McCain), you expect us all to give up our conservative principles, our freedom, our hard earned money, our American culture, our borders, our kids future just so we can be safe. In essence, we're giving up our freedom for security with a side of continued socialism. Its despicable...as Ben Franklin said,"People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security" Call a spade a spade, because thats exactly what it is.

How long do we keep this up? (meaning how long do we vote based on our fears of about security and put conservatism on hold) Till the time when GWB is no longer the POTUS? Till the WOT is declared offically over? Till every radical Muslim is 6 feet under? Till the entire ME minus Israel is a glass parking lot? To these subgroup of Freepers who claim that security>freedom, I ask, when do we go back to eliminating the government largesse?(i.e. NEA, EPA, welfare, etc.), securing our borders?, controlling immigration, getting the coutry's coffers in order, advancing conservatism? Or is the new platform for the Republican party "Vote for us...we'll protect you"?

Its a raw deal to be reduced to this, it is a scenario of the lesser of 2 evils, or as some would put it "life or death". If my vote is about life or death, havent I already pretty much given up my freedom to the mercy of those that we think will protect us? I shudder to think of what America will be like in 20 years if the present course continues.

290 posted on 01/27/2004 7:38:38 AM PST by BureaucratusMaximus (Principled conservatives need not apply...we're all centrists now. Shut up & pay your taxes.)
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