Republicans at the Crossroads, Part Two:Next Week's Chance For Redemption May Be Their Last

TheVanguard.Org ^ | 2 June 2006 | Rod D. Martin

[coconutt2000]

AHA! I KNEW IT WAS BUSH'S FAULT ALL ALONG!!!

I'm an FR Bush Bot. Ended up joining a couple years ago because I needed a refuge from the Bush bashing in the MSM.

Now I find myself fighting the Bush bashing here.

How the world does go round...

[taxed2death]

Nice try at deflection when the real issue is immigration.

[pabianice]

To the Democrats' horror, this fall's elections will turn on illegal immigration.

[SoCalRight]

By what stretch of wishful thinking was this Senate was sent there "to cut spending...?" There hasn't been an electorate with a passion for reduced government, i.e., reduced benefits, for, what? Twenty years? We like our muffins super-size! We like our hurricanes diverted! Paper/plastic? Yes, please!

[ConservativeMind]

Look, I know he encouraged those things. However, we've got illegal immigrant issues that are incredibly pressing and an absolute refusal to address them in a competent way.

THE ILLEGALS ARE NOT YOUR VOTING BASE, REPUBLICANS!!

[kjo]

In his foreign policy Bush has done a good job: he did what was needed, he invaded Iraq and put the world's number one supporter of terrorism out of business. Not that the MSM would ever give him credit for it.

Where he has screwed up is with immigration. He's allowed his administration to be bullied by the Big TV Networks and the Dems, who desperately need more Dem voters, into supporting amnesty. Ten million new Latino voters to support income redistrubution is just what the Dems need.

Now, the question is, can the GOP majority in congress survive this amnesty give away? We'll see in November.

[nathanbedford]

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[gulfcoast6]

Tired of the pubs selling out in the house and senate???
REPLACE them with another pub--stop throwing up the white flag and taking the attitude that all is lost, send the 'current bunch' home....
NOT aimed at you coconutt, I am tired of the Bush bashing as well, he goes into some districts during this last election and save some 'currents rear. I would LOVE to see Bush go into their district or state to give a speech and not invite them to go on AF 1 with him.

[coconutt2000]

The problem this term has been the Congress. It wasn't so obvious the first term, when the Congress wanted to ride Bush's coat tails. But now that they don't need him, they're doing their darndest to get away with as much as they can at his expense.

[nathanbedford]

The shocking fact is that President George Bush attempted to revolutionize American, to inflict on us an entirely different society by stealth and he got caught out by the Minutemen, much like John Kerry was caught out by The Swift Boat Vets.

Kerry was caught in a lie and Bush has been exposed in a dereliction of duty. Kerry lied to gain personal power and Bush declined to fulfill his oath to see that the (immigration) laws were faithfully enforced in order to conform America to his vision of the future and to preserve his legacy as being on the right side of history.

[RR76]

Whatever good Bush may have accomplished has been completed negated by his sell out of the American people on the issue of illegal immigration. He is putting their rights before the rights of American citizens. (Can I pick which years taxes I'll pay?) My father, an 85 yr old WWII vet, said that Bush may as well have delcared that all of the Greatest Generation's sacrifices were made in vain.

[Beagle8U]

Thanks for posting an honest article that covers many issues, not just a myopic view of one.

[meema]

THE ILLEGALS ARE NOT YOUR VOTING BASE, REPUBLICANS!!

And they had better not forget it!!!
BUILD THE WALL!!!!

[meema]

Whoops. Sorry I forgot to put your comment in italics!

THE ILLEGALS ARE NOT YOUR VOTING BASE, REPUBLICANS!!

There, that's better.

[catholicfreeper]

The Bush bashing is getting old. Its really getting old in Internet and Blog land.

[Kimberly GG]

"Republicans can stave off disaster if they show -- not just say -- they're for real. Passing the tax cut extensions was vital. Next week they have two chances to shine (or bomb): the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment vote this Wednesday, and permanent Death Tax repeal on Thursday. Quickly confirming the President's judges is vital too, and vital to talk about, a lot. Standing strong -- win or lose (but it needs to be win) -- will show conservatives who they are."

These diversions, and that's exactly what they are, won't matter in the least to me. If at Bush's insistence anything remotely similar to S2611 gets passed, this country is going to have much more to worry about than judges, tax repeals and who the heck is marrying whom.

[gulfcoast6]

They THINK they don't need him.

[sinkspur]

My father, an 85 yr old WWII vet, said that Bush may as well have delcared that all of the Greatest Generation's sacrifices were made in vain.

Thank your father for his service, but he ought to know better than to say something like that.

[sinkspur]

The shocking fact is that President George Bush attempted to revolutionize American, to inflict on us an entirely different society by stealth and he got caught out by the Minutemen, much like John Kerry was caught out by The Swift Boat Vets.

A silly, stupid, dumb and outright lie of a post.

It qualifies for the "Dumbest Post of the Day" by a wide margin.