Bush reaches out to conservatives to quell revolt

Forbes ^ | Feb. 20, 2004 | Adam Entous

[Lunatic Fringe]

Bush has to go. His father went an now it is time for him to go

lock12
Since Feb 20, 2004

[Cold Heat]

as I keep pointing out, to the mentally blind and deaf

All words are wasted on the un-appeasables you see here on the forum.

The principled nature of their stance makes any change a defeat. They have painted themselves into a corner and they wanted to do so.

[CedarDave]

Just trolling along...

[GeronL]

Its the RINO's and not the conservatives who are going to hurt Bush. Its the RINO's in Congress trying to push through the gas tax increase.

People should call their congresscritters and tell them NO on the gas tax increase inside the Transportation Bill.

[SierraWasp]

Haven't you heard about "The New Tone In Washington?" Trouble is Karl Rove is TONE DEAF!!!

[GeronL]

Its seems to me like the RINO's in Congress are doing everything they can to hurt Bush...

[Jorge]

Bush has to go. His father went an now it is time for him to go

Wow! You convinced us.

You'd think that somebody who just joined Free Republic 2 days ago would be more careful about blowing their cover with a post like this.

Bush will win in November.

[Vision Thing]

Did somebody in the White House just start reading their email and realize they've got a problem or what?

It's probably just part of their plan. I'm sure they've been expecting the rebellious base since 2002.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Umm... I will support the gas tax if it means more highways, more lanes of traffic, and reducing my time of sitting in gridlock wasting gas.... After all, it *is* the responsibility of Congress to maintain roads in this nation (Article I, Section 8)

[churchillbuff]

Kerry, Edwards and Terry McAuliffe are very grateful!

Not just them, but ALL Democrats should be grateful that Bush has been spending like a Democrat!

[Lunatic Fringe]

You'd think that somebody who just joined Free Republic 2 days ago would be more careful about blowing their cover with a post like this.

You give the DU-fus too much credit.

[GeronL]

And you'll get daily reminders in the media that taxes were raised too. Thats why Bush has to VETO the stupid bill, it hands too much ammo to the Democrats.

[Vision Thing]

Its seems to me like the RINO's in Congress are doing everything they can to hurt Bush...

Blame the voters who voted for those RINOs.

[GeronL]

I do, but I blame the RINO's more. They probably ran as "conservatives".

rinohunter.blogspot.com

ANYBODY know where I can a rear window for a 1965 Falcon???

[Cold Heat]

Some can't seem to help it. They have east and West coast liberal constituents. Unfortunately for the party, we have to have them. They are what gives us the majority.

Now having said that, their are a couple that are dead weight and vote rat most of the time.

The problem is that they reside in the Senate.

If we had more numbers their, we could get rid of them. I hope that situation improves.

[Nonstatist]

Trouble is Karl Rove is TONE DEAF!!!

Completely. The guy is so much into triangulating, he's going to triangulate his boss out of a job.

I've got more than one conservative friend speculating on how a Democrap President checked by a Republican Congress would keep a lid on spending.....Bush/Rove just seem unserious about making the necessary budgetary choices,IMO.

[SierraWasp]

"he may be losing the precious middle of the road voters."

Your nagging platitudes are inoperative as there isn't going to be a "middle block" this time! Demos are convinced they was robbed in 2000 and fiscal conservative are beginning to see we're being robbed ever since!!!

The President is a victim of his own success in the WOT and a tin ear toward those who think the "new tone" thing is a figament of his imagination, which it is!!!

People rarely forgive the insult of being taken for granted, then the insult of being accused of disloyalty for simply throwing up their hands at not being listened to.

[Cold Heat]

their=there, I wish they made a spell checker for that.

[Kudsman]

William Niskanen, the chairman of the libertarian Cato Institute who advised former President Ronald Reagan, said he has personally not seen much of an outreach effort. "We'll have to see" what the White House does, he said.

Reaching does not mean lifting your hand at the wrist. Extend your arm Mr. President and firmly uphold the 2nd at no $ cost when the sun sets. That would speak volumes IMO.

And if I may be so bold as to suggestputting the onous of approval for Homo marriages on the Homos. Let them pass a Constitutional Amendment redefining the word marriage. It presently means only one thing. Make them convince the country that homosexuality is not an abomination. We don't need to prove that marriage is heterosexual. It is what it is.

[F16Fighter]

"Conservative Groups are W's Base? I thought the big gov/no first amendment/Illegal Aliens were his base."

LOL