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
I was mistaken. Switching to decaf would NOT help you...proper administration of lithium would. It's been clinically proven to help with the paranoid delusions of persecution that anyone posting over certain number of posts in a 12-hour period are certainly on the payroll of a maniacal billionaire. The owner of this sites intentions may be to "sweep the decks" of those who do not share his goals, but orchestrating delusional witch hunts based on the number posts anyone makes in a given amount of time probably doesn't qualify.
Looks like there's always a call for experienced spell-checkers and ESL instructors.
IMHO, pompous and belligerent trolls who demand personal and confidential information about other forum participants are the ones who should get the boot.
Yes, this would certainly be a much more pleasant forum without the self-anointed Grand Inquisitor wannabes.
What? You think you're capable of browbeating me into revealing my Social Security number and Credit Card Accounts too??
LOL! Go conduct your lunatic witch hunt elsewhere.
My personal finances are NONE of your business. PERIOD.
Why some people can not compromise on things like domestic spending for education and our farmers when we have top notch Conservative judges being nominated, reducing the .N. to a useless debating society with the least amount of influence on American foreign policy at anytime I can remember. Standing up for the rights of the unborn, Getting us of Kyoto for good and abandoning the ABM treaty, Plus 3 tax cuts. I could go on! but my point is... these people would be perfectly willing to hand over the reigns of power just because this President hasn't given up his principles in order to satisfy theirs.
I guess it's OK to break campaign promises as long as the ends justify the means. And they have the nerve to call themselves principled conservatives, Go Figure!!
Keep up the fight my friend, these people are shallow, very shallow
LOL! Come on Jim. I've been wolfpacked many times and never said a word, and never rang the AM bell. Not my style. I can count the times I complained in four or five years on one hand.
I think maybe part of the problem is that you lay down law that favors one side of the argument/debate and when those on the politically accepted side lash out with name calling etc, it seems that it's tolerated. Maybe I am wrong Jim, but it just seems that way to me. I'd bet the rent that if I had directed that language to him, or worse, I wouldn't be here right now. Just a guess.
In any event, hope your having a good evening......Long day for me, one I'd rather forget.
If someone asked me what I did for a living, I would either tell them that I own and operate my own Auto Body Shop and have been fixing wrecked cars all my life, or tell them it was none of their business. But if I was trashing the only conservative that will face the Dem candidate next fall, I would expect to be asked what my motives were.... Am I wrong?
I made the same observation the other day. It speaks to the persuasiveness of your arguments as well as your self-restraint that you're able to overcome that obstacle and make your point known.
The way I look at it, a solid argument will carry the day in the face of nonsensical rants and attacks. It just makes those who attack you look stoopid while bolstering your argument.
I just read that post. I appreciate that Jim. I think it's fine for a poster to ask what someone may do for a living. But that should be the extent of it.
When it reaches a point where the questions turn to demands, regarding, who pays their salary, the name of the organization/company they may work for, and other specific details surrounding their gainful employment, is crossing the line. IMHO.
Joe.....
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