Posted on 09/01/2006 6:02:55 AM PDT by shortstop
The only difference between now and then is that now the GOP is in power. When you're out of power, it's very easy to SAY all the right things because you don't have to actually DO them. Now, the GOP is in power. Lonsberry is lamenting the difference between fantasy and reality. Is he really so naiive?
Vote Republican. There is an outside chance you may elect a conservative. :)
Comes close to what a lot of us feel.
Here in NJ, I have had to hold my nose and vote in many an election. I too will vote Republican again, now is not the time to make a statement. I just wish the the GOP would grow cajones to stick to their principles. They should lead instead of being afraid of the dims yapping at their heels.
AMEN
pretty-much-how-I-feel ping
I think the party has served up the most important issue to its social conservatives: constitutionalist judges. It is the major issue and will continue to be so for years.
Even the WOT is secondary because the radical judges are seeking control of a president's war-fighting power.
Judges, judges, judges....if conservatives can't see that, then there's no hope for them.
The loss of even one Senate seat is a tragedy. The loss of the 2008 nomination to a liberal rino republican is a tragedy, because everything is about the judges.
The WOT is second place.
A totally sealed off border is part of the WOT. I guarantee you, though, that JUDGES will get involved in that, too.
The budget is 3rd place.
We MUST reduce some of the entitlement expense that this budget is forced to pay. But JUDGES will get involved in that. Social Security Reform......JUDGES.
I have to agree. The main reason I'm voting GOP is that I don't trust and can't stand the Dems. That isn't a very strong endorsement.
Yup. We're forced to vote GOP because the Democrats are explicitly in league with those who want to kill us. Doesn't mean we have to like it.
When the alternatives are abortion-on-demand, cut-and-run, a politically correct struggle against terrorism and European-style taxes, the Republican warts don't seem so off-putting to me.
> Comes close to what a lot of us feel.
The guy completely and scarily tagged my state of mind. Although, locked here in liberal-hell, San-Fran-Freako California, there isn't even a decent RINO to vote for. Well, Arnold, I guess, but the Governator has caved so completely he's nearly a Dimocrat now.
I may boycott all votes except weighing in on money-stealing propositions and National.
To my mind, conservatives who talk and act this way are as unrealistic and obnoxious as the radical left. They are not a majority, but they like to kick and scream and act like they are. If you want a more conservative government then you need to convince more people to elect conservatives, not get mad at Republicans.
I feel exactly like this article - but I'll vote Republican too. The time is ripe for a real conservative to step up in this party, we've come a good way & have a good start - can't afford to backslide at this point.
The Dims are behaving like cornered animals now, it's not the time to back off.
"Obsession" Terrorists
I agree that we must not put the war in the hands of folks like Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, et al.
I will be voting Republican in all races this time.
As far as I'm concerned, this is a one issue election. If we lose this war, nothing else matters.
Vote Democrat, and there's a very good chance you'll be electing a lying socialist.
That's exactly it - I would stay out before I would go Dumbocrat.
The world is not safe enough to have Democrats in charge.
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