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But let's put the fear of God into republicans. We put them in office and we can take them out.

Uh huh. Well the question has never been 'can we take them out'. Sure, republicans may be very good at shooting ourselves in the foot and loosing seats.

The question is can you get someone better to replace them?

I'm just parroting what has been said before, but Clinton didn't win in 1992 because of a large popular base of support. He won because people who were angry with Bush voted in droves for Perot. How much of that 18% Perot received was taken from Clinton, and how much from Bush? How much have Clinton judicial appointees set back the cause of right-to-life?

We, the right, were responsible for Clinton because we split our vote. We, the right, were almost responsible for Arnold Schwarzenegger not getting elected to Governor because some of us were mad that he wouldn't come out as strongly anti-abortion -- never mind the fact that as Governor he was no sway over Roe v. Wade.

We, the right, finally have a majority in the house, the senate, and the presidency for the first time since what, FDR? We do not have the courts. That will hopefully be slowly changing, but the change will be just that, slow.

Just for a second try to think about why you are mad at the GOP. Is it because they disagree with you about Terri Schiavo and the value of her life? Clearly they did not want Terri Schiavo to die. No, they disagree with you in what could have legally be done. Maybe they were wrong and received bad legal advice, I'm no lawyer and so I won't argue that. However one thing is certain: they did not want her to die and they will continue to fight bad judges now that she is gone.

The Pendulum is swinging back to the right. The worse thing we can do now is become over anxious and try to move to fast. And no one branch of Government can move unilaterally. If you really want to see a lot of change then instead of infighting and bickering we need to provide a solid base of support for the GOP. If we want them to be ambitious we need to give them the assurance that they have this support.

Oh, and this support needs to be on all issues, not just our pet issues. If you really want to see pro-life issues advanced then every time a GOP platform item is up for a vote, even if it is a bill on medicare, social security, or tax reform, you should be letting your representatives know that you support it.

Pro-lifers helped elect Bush. But that is only one portion of the platform. For the GOP to succeed they need to push forward all parts of the platform or they will lose their base of support. They should never lose ground on an issue, but sometimes it won't be in the front burner. Pro-lifers (or people for less taxes, less gun control, whatever) have to understand that there are multiple issues. Mostly I hear the words 'political price' spoken by single issues voters who are mad that they their issue isn't always in the spotlight. Please don't be that person.

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately

-paridel