Posted on 02/02/2004 6:32:01 AM PST by robowombat
Im Tired of Neo-Cons Being Tired of Conservatives
Okay, so George Bush has shown that his compassionate conservatism is really socialism with conservative lip service. Bush has proven that he is a liberal with a thin veneer of faux conservatism covering the big-government, big-spending core of his true self. So what? As good conservatives we should remain focused and pull that Republican lever in the voting booth no matter what our lying eyes tell us? That is what establishment Republicans want their conservative base to do: Sit down, shut up, and vote as we, the enlightened, anointed insiders tell you to. Mind you, they dont want you, the conservatives, the citizens that have remained true to the American Ideals of the founders, to think about how they are using you and are selling you down the river to special interest groups. The neo-cons that control the Republican Party today are hoping that rank and file conservatives will mindlessly vote for Bush, keeping their heads in the sand, until its too late and theyve developed a new constituency to keep them in power. That new constituency will consist of newly married Log Cabin Republicans (gays), welfare dependents sucking up to the new government tit on the right, and amnestied illegals now eligible to vote (as well as more readily able to take your job because theyll work for less, especially since youre being taxed to pay their government supplementals that maintain their standard of living).
Establishment Republicans are coming out and trying to silence the uproar over Bushs amnesty plan for illegals. The establishment types (neo-cons) are telling conservatives to keep it down and look at the long view, the big picture. What crap! How many times do conservatives have to compromise their values, their beliefs, their standards? Why do we always have to give in but we dont see anyone else giving in?
The latest in the string of keep your mouths shut articles Ive seen was on GOPUSA, by the president and CEO of that organization, Bobby Eberle. The title of his article was Bush-Bashing Conservatives Should Focus on the Big Picture. I wrote Mr. Eberle to inform him that conservatives were keeping the big picture, that it was Bush who wasnt. To me, Eberles article, along with all the other hey conservatives, keep quiet about how Bush isnt conservative articles are proof that conservatives and traditionalists are the embarrassing, if needed, stepchildren of the Republican Party. That in itself tells you the Republican Party is not conservative any more.
Given a laundry list of items, would any principled conservative vote for someone who: Continuously increases government spending, driving us deeper into debt; expands central government power over the states; undermines the Bill of Rights with bills such as the USA Patriot Act; cuts deals with other countries that undermine our economy via so-called free trade deals that only go one way (only out with our jobs and only in with products); wants to give millions of criminals (illegal aliens) a pass, thus not only blurring our boarder, but driving wages down and encouraging even more illegals to flood our markets in hopes of yet another amnesty a few years down the road? This is George Bush. He is no conservative. Why vote for a liberal in Republican clothing?
There was a political shift over the last twenty years in the South, as Southerners woke up to the fact that the Democratic Party had been taken over by socialists and no longer represented their interests, thus causing the huge migration to the Party of Reagan. Southerners, and other conservatives and traditionalists, need to wake up to the fact that the Republican Party is morphing into merely an evil twin of the Democratic Party, and they need to migrate to another political entity. It could even happen this election year. The key is not which party conservatives and traditionalists are with, but that they stand by their ideals, stand on principle. The neo-cons have already shown that conservatives dont have a seat at the table in the Republican Party, so why cast our lot with them?
Heres something else to consider: Even if the House of Representatives kill this amnesty plan of Bushs, and the establishment Republicans wink at conservatives and traditionalists saying, Hey, we knew it wouldnt pass, we just wanted to influence Hispanic votes by acting like we care, dont buy it. If the plan goes down to defeat this summer, once Bush gets re-elected in November you can bet it will be back with a vengeance, and the House and Senate will pass the amnesty plan. Nothing in the past 10 years, since the Republican Revolution, shows me that the Republicans are conservative or mean anything they say concerning supporting conservative positions. No, there wont be a socialist getting my vote this year, be he Democrat or be he Republican. As for me, Ill be voting conservative, which means most likely the Constitution Party. Im not throwing my vote away; Bush threw it away with everything he and the neo-cons have done for the last four years.
29 January 2004
Jeff Adams
Let me just say I'm old enough to know what you are, I have two grandsons who are more mature than you
Josef Stalin had similar ideas: "Are there contradictions in the Worker's Soviets oppressing the workers? Yes, but those contradictions are good and should be heightened, for they assure that eventually the glorious dialectical materialist leap will take place to the future paradise! We oppress in order to free!"
So it's fair to say that you oppose nearly all of the significant domestic agenda "achievements" of this administration?
I suppose it hadn't occurred to you that I pointed out a spelling mistake in an insulting post that you directed at me..?
Hint.. if you're going to try to flame someone.. be intelligent enough to spell the flame correctly.
Otherwise you look like a dullard.
FY04 Proposal
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Post-WWII Average (FY46 - FY02)
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Clinton Budgets (FY94 FY01)
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G.H.W. Bush Budgets (FY90 - FY93)
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Reagan Budgets (FY82 - FY89)
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Total Receipts as percent of GDP |
17.0%
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17.9%
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19.4%
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17.7%
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18.0%
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Total outlays as percent of GDP |
19.7%
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19.5%
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19.6%
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22.0%
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22.3%
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Deficit (-)/Surplus as percent of GDP |
-2.7%
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-1.6%
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-0.1%
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-4.3%
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-4.3%
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Annual growth in total receipts (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.7%
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2.9%
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4.9%
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0.5%
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2.5%
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Annual growth in total outlays (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.2%
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2.3%
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1.5%
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1.9%
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2.7%
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Defense spending as a percent of total outlays |
17.5%
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35.5%
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17.1%
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21.7%
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26.7%
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Non-defense discretionary spending as a percent of total outlays |
19.2%
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19.4%*
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17.6%
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16.6%
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17.1%
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Net interest costs as percent of total outlays |
7.9%
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10.5%*
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13.9%
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14.5%
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13.2%
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Other mandatory spending as a percent of total outlays |
55.4%
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41.6%*
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51.4%
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46.2%
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42.9%
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Debt held by public at end of fiscal year as percent of GDP |
36.9%
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44.0%
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43.0%
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46.3%
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36.7%
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Gross Debt at end of fiscal year as percentof GDP |
64.8%
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56.2%
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63.4%
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61.8%
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45.4%
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* includes only data back to 1962 since the distinction between discretionary and mandatory began only in that year. |
Pretend Bush is really swell or the democrats will win.
There's a new and refreshing argument.
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Outlaw "Partial Birth" Abortions | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Outlaw Abortions Except for Rape/Incest | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Parental Notification for Minors Under 18 | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
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Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Equal Rights for Civil Unions | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Allow Gays to Openly Serve in the Military | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Religion in Government | |||||
Organized Prayer in Public Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Commandments Displayed in Federal Buildings | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Federal Funding of Religious Charities | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Gun Control | |||||
Safety Devices on All New Guns | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Background Checks on Gun Show Purchases | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Require Safety Course, License Before Gun Purchase | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Death Penalty | |||||
Abolish the Death Penalty | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
National Review of Death Penalty Fairness | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
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No Child Left Behind Act | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Vouchers for Public, Private or Religious Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Increase Federal Funding for Higher Education | Somewhat Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Homeland Security | |||||
The Patriot Act | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Tighter Immigration Controls | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Iraq | |||||
The War in Iraq | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Turning Over More Political Authority to U.N. | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Immediate Withdrawal of U.S. Troops | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Foreign Trade | |||||
Embargo on Cuba | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
U.S. Involvement in NAFTA | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Mandatory Labor/Environment Standards in Trade Agreements | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Health Care | |||||
Universal Government-Supervised Health Care | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Medicare Prescription Drugs Coverage By Private Insurers | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Expand Medicaid to Cover More Uninsured Americans | Strongly Favor | No Opinion | |||
Limit Malpractice Suits Against Doctors, Insurers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Welfare Reform | |||||
Hiring Welfare Workers Tax Incentive | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Welfare Benefits for Legal Immigrants | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Child Care Services for Getting Off Welfare | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Social Security | |||||
Raise Retirement Age | Strongly Opposes | No Opinion | |||
Privatize Social Security | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Cap Payments to Wealthy | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Tax Cuts | |||||
Roll Back the Bush Administration Tax Cuts | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Roll Back Cuts for People Making Over $100,000 | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Additional Tax Cuts for Businesses | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Jobs | |||||
Raise the Minimum Wage | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Extend Unemployment Benefits | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Environment | |||||
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Mandatory Clean Air Emissions Standards | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
No, because the Conservative movement doesn't advocate electing Democrats as some here have.
That's bad enough, but then they sabotage the rest of us fighting and clawing to push forward the whole platform one desperate inch at a time.
The rest of your posts gave ample indication of that.
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