Posted on 09/29/2005 8:06:13 AM PDT by Pukin Dog
Can’t a guy take a vacation without the nay-sayin ninnies of negativity taking over this place?
As the self-appointed optimist of this forum, I must say that I am more than a little P-Od over what I have been reading coming from the scared keyboards of some of you folks. You act as if someone stole your little Republican cookies and ate them in front of you.
Look, I know it’s not the best of times for Conservatives if you are concerned about spending or the protection of the borders. However, it escapes me why it seems impossible for some of you to take any note of the fact that despite everything you read and hear in the MSM today (including the Delay indictment) that we are winning on practically every measurable point.
Where is your confidence?
I make no bones of the fact that it makes me very happy whenever something occurs that makes liberals angry, sad, bitter or afraid, (which is true of them by default) , but liberal unease or unrest is not required for me to feel fine about the Conservative agenda.
It seems that whenever liberals have cause (no matter how stupid) to celebrate, it causes no end of angst and concern on this side of the aisle. Why is that? In fact I really enjoy the idea that liberals seem to think that they are playing a winning hand, because as long as they believe in that foolish notion, they won’t do the things that they actually could do to gain some ground against us.
But they won’t.
Why?
Because they are stupid, that’s why. And the fact that they are stupid should be enough to allow most of you to sleep better at night, like me. “Oh, you say the liberals are energized? Well, wake me when they get a clue, okay?”
I’ll begin to worry about liberals when they can actually propose a good idea for the country that does not involve raising my taxes, does not involve limiting my individual right to kill cute little animals and eat them, does not involve telling me what I can say, or who I can say it to, or is not about sharing the rights given me by the Constitution to non-citizens, or those who believe in two-penis marital bliss.
Oh yeah, I’m so scared.
You know when I’ll be scared? I’ll be scared when Democrats understand that lower tax rates increase government revenue. I’ll be scared when Democrats learn to love and appreciate the U.S. Military. It will frighten me when Democrats let Blacks off the plantation and let their children attend the schools of their choice with tax-supported dollars. It will frighten me when Democrats understand that their stupid little hybrid cars and eagle-killing windmills are not the answer to our energy needs, and begin to support drilling for oil wherever we find it in sufficient quantity.
Anyone heard a good idea from a Democrat (or liberal) lately? Let’s listen, shall we……
*crickets*
Nothing, folks. Nothing at all from these nuts.
But you do hear a lot of lies, don’t you? Now, if they were winning, would they have to lie about everything, all the time? Would they need to be propped up by a compliant media willing to turn their every thought into a reported attack on our side, no matter how ludicrous the accusation?
What is worse than the negativity from some of you is the stupid idea that the President actually needs to get down in the mud with these losers and fight back. Nothing could be more dumb and idea, and nothing would make the Democrats happier than to have the President out their responding to their worthless agenda.
Think about it like this:
If someone were to grab a knife and point it at you in anger, you would have righteous reason to kill them, would you not? Now, what if that person, instead of a knife, were to point a toothpick in your direction, as though they were going to kill you with that instead? Would you kill them, or just laugh at them?
You see, much of what you folks percieve as Democrat knives, are actually just little Democrat toothpicks, that cannot really harm anyone. A poke might sting a little, but how much damage could it really do, before you beat the toothpick wielding assailant to a bloody pulp?
I’ve said before, that the time to worry, is when the President is worried. Guess what, Freepers; he aint worried. Did anyone see any stress on the face of Tom Delay yesterday? I didn’t.
Try to remember sometimes that there is a big difference between heat and light. Democrats and liberals have lots of heat, but no light, which is why they are always running into things, crashing and burning. They get nowhere, they get nothing accomplished, they only give themselves more reason to be the pathetic, angry, bitter, victims they enjoy showing you every single day.
For once, if you are one of those who think that Bush needs better PR, ask yourself if you think he needs that PR in order for you to feel better each day, or because he needs to win more fights against Democrats. Then, ask yourself how many fights against Democrats our President has actually lost? Democrats decided long ago that they cant beat either Bush or Delay, to their best course of action would be to try to get rid of them as soon as they can. Democrats intend to make tons of accusations in the weeks and months to come, all geared towards legitmizign their stalwart opposition to the President’s agenda until they can find a way to replace him.
They are going to try to plant the idea in the populace that the Bush administation is corrupt and should not be trusted to lead. They intend to use that premise as an excuse to fillibuster the next Supreme court nominee (Luttig) and hold up every measure that they can to keep Bush from succeeding.
The Democrats are going to reach new levels of shame when they attempt to stop ANWAR drilling. It is going to be a fight for the ages, just you wait.
The point of all this, is that the only way that the Democrats can actually gain enough of a foothold to do damage to this administration, is if you negative bozos start parroting the liberals in your attacks on the President. If you are a finger-in-the-wind Republican, you are doing no one any favors when you fail to balance current obstructions and detours in the agenda with the unmistakable evidence that the Conservative agenda is still moving forward, winning victories all the time.
If you Freep solely for the purpose of sharing your insecurites with the world, just like a pussified liberal would do, I ask you to check yourself. If you cant sleep at night without sharing with all of us how you are more informed, more equipped and more able to fight this fight than the Bush administration, then don’t just check yourself, check yourself into a mental ward too.
Must I remind you that Republicans currently control about 85% of this government, and that Liberals control almost NOTHING? Do you need a scorecard to tell you that Al Gore is sitting somewhere eating twinkies in the dark, and John Kerry is still looking for swiss cheese on his cheesesteak, while George Bush is having breakfast in the White House?
And when the MSM tells you a lie, are you going to get mad and gripe like a little bitch, or are you going to steel your resolve and understand that if the other side needs to lie, then they have already lost the dammed war?
I don’t care if every day is a liberal flame-fest against the Conservative agenda, except for on election day. If it makes liberals happy to throw grenades at our side, let them come. Nobody ever one an election by screaming “DON’T VOTE FOR HIM!” You win elections be giving people reasons to VOTE FOR YOU!
If the liberals ever figure this out, then we might have cause for concern.
But they wont, because they are stupid.
And if you think we are losing, then so are you.
Classy & Creative? Me???? Don't know you but really do like your style! I also like humor, and instead of bubkis, you got lots! Thanks.
ROFL!
See? Cheered you right up.
I'm not talking about giving anyone a pass. I'm talking about being pragmatic and being honest with ourselves.
There is a growing conservative majority in this country, but it is not translating into what some here would recognize as conservative policies, because it does not recognize a few very obvious realities.
So let's get it all out in the open:
1. Republicans and conservatives in Congress will not stop spending like drunken sailors until they have lost the ability to do so or have otherwise been made to see the error of their ways. This is achieved by either a resounding loss at the ballot box or by public pressure. I'd rather see the party faithful work to avoid the former and use the latter to our own benefit.
2. A Supreme Court nomination will not overturn Roe V. Wade. The idea that it will is a polite fiction. Roe v. Wade does not disappear until the public pressure for the end of abortion on demand makes itself so obvious. I do not know where the tipping point is on this, but 60%+ opposed to abortion is not enough to move either Conrgess or the court. It's arguable as to whether 80% would even be effective. The Court, until it becomes painfully obvious that it shouldn't, will continue to uphold the status quo.
3. Just as the New Deal and Great Society were built in incremental steps, they have to be deconstructed in incremental steps. Any attempt to pull the rug our from entitlements immediately will result in a backlash from powerful voting blocs; the baby boomers expecting their turn at the trough and the elderly that are living longer than they had any right to expect to, and who still have an emotional attachment to the New Deal. Once the former is satisfieds and the latter dead, you cannot attempt to begin serious entitlement reform.
4. The greatest anti-Conservative is not Hillary Clinton, it has been John McCain, with his Campaign Finance mantra, which effectively limited the ability of the average citizen to engage in political speech or for qualified individuals to enter the political fray. McCain spends his days picking at the scabs of the 2000 primary loss and continuing to stick it to Bush at every opportunity. If there is dissent within the party, it begins here. McCain has to get out of "f*ck you, Rich Boy" mode and back into "I'm a republican first" mode. He is the most important national voice in the party, IMO, but not Presidential material. Get over it, get on with your bad self.
5. The War against Terror can be won, but only at the expense of a lot of treasure and a few decades. Mistakes were made, and they should be admitted to, with regards to Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead of staying the course to continue to prop up some bad decisions, we should be putting more effort into fixing the wrongs and continuing to support what has gone right. It's not easy to install democratic habits and traditions in places that have no history of either. We have to be more straightfoward about these things. We also have to be wary about letting the hysteria generated by the other side influence our actions. We've already been swayed by the "international community" crowd and the "take it the UN crowd", which has tied our hands in many instances.
That's honesty. If there was more of it in the republican ranks these days, we might not be having these conversations.
Harumph!!! Enough with these "Moby" Republicans.
Exactly!
This is a little rant for the cheerleaders for the "Bush and the GOP can do no wrong" wing of FR. The GOP may be 'winning'. Bush may be 'winning'. Conservatives aren't. I see no reason to cheer 'victories' that give government more power.
Well, of course. That's why I can make a statement like that with complete confidence that every vote of mine will be followed by (R), (L) or (I) for the foreseable future.
Hey Laz, I know what you mean. Life is nothing more than a long, slow, painful death.
And these are the good times.
It gets much, much worse.
Good times? Where, when, I must have missed it. Tell me what they are like.
The good times are the brief seconds they aren't grinding broken glass into your eyes.
Oh, The short moments between your screams. GOT IT!!
Yes. Each breath you take when you are getting enough air for your next agonized, bloodcurdling scream -- those are the good times.
They are so few and far between anymore.
How can they be anything but? They took out our lungs.
You know it is all such a blur of pain, I forgot.
:)
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