Posted on 11/08/2006 10:53:50 PM PST by Natural Law
The GOP leadership sold its soul and sold out its core constituency for the figurative 40 pieces of silver. Whats more, their apologists on this forum expect that all Conservatives should have followed lock-step behind them. Conservatism is an ideology, not a party. If the GOP wants the money, votes, and support of conservatives it must be conservative. We are not here to represent the party, the party is here to represent us. As Reagan once said of the Democratic Party; "it left me, I didn't leave it". Let's see if it can find its way home.
Bullseye!
The CWO tells me you have some leadership skills so I ask you to differentiate between teaching a lesson and not rewarding bad behavior. Maybe you can explain how voting for the GOP would not have been a codependent behavior. I think they call it "tough love".
I'll tell you how I feel if you clowns get Hillary elected in 08.
40 pieces of silver is going to seem like a cheap price to pay when the RATS get through with us.
Yeah, it always helps to put pro-abortion, anti-family legislators in power. That'll get 'em to respect the base.
So, it's a 100% or nothing?
1% goes away for a certain issue. Another 1% for another, that one for that one, on and on and on.
Meanwhile the Church of Gay Aborters will follow anyone with their knee pads.
Hello, Speaker Dem and Majority leader Dem! I'm sure *you* will give me 100% of your attention, unlike those Republicans we taught a lesson!
Iraq was never the problem. Islam is and more immediately, Iran is. AQ and Iraq are sideshows to Iran.We got bogged down in the sideshow and camouflaged the coming main event. That event will come and we cannot count on Israel to take care of it for us. Israel appears to be afflicted with the same disease as America, no will to do what must be done because it's not nice.We just need to stop bothering them and give them what they want and they will settle down in their suburban bungalows and quit being a pain.
We have two years to prevent that from happening, but they will be wasted if we think we lost this election because the party was betrayed by its base. The only way we are going to recover is to make an honest assessment of where we (the GOP) screwed up and fix it. We can't control the DEMs or the MSM so focusing on them isn't going to help. As Pogo so aptly put it; "We have met the enemy and he is us".
Giving control of Congress to the liberals isn't tought love...it's pure stupidity.
He might have gotten it confused with "40 acres and a mule".
The Problem as I see it was, the Republicans, have not done one thing, except line their own pockets.Aside from the War, I cannot recall one thing the Republicans have done . And the people don't like that.
My, my isn't it the truth. I wondered how long it would take them to crawl out of the woodwork and "attempt" to vindicate their "decision", or maybe better, "indecision".
They must have had to "work" on it for a while, this is one of the first ones I've seen show his "keyboard" today.
So your objection is to the time table, not the result? The current GOP leadership was slipping further and further to the left on a daily basis. Its kind of like diving to get enough airflow over your control surfaces. Had we returned them we would probably have the same thing by 2008.
LOL! Therein lies the problem...conservatives understand the difference between Republican control of Congress and Democratic control. It's not really difficult to understand.
So the Rats had better enjoy it while it lasts.
Cuz' I can't wait to see em' try to play the middle while the 6% or so of the Soros party that brings in most of their cash is screaming for systematic changes, and promising to dump those who don't deliver any.
So rather than take an action or make an attempt to correct things, even if it means a little short term pain or inconvenience you would prefer to continue to pursue the Doctrine of Relative Filth, that is vote for a party that is slightly less objectionable. I choose to face the music now and force the issue. I am glad that I am not leaving my children's future in your hands.
Ah, Ha, another one!
LOL! You attempt to correct things in the primaries and get on with business in the generals. Your so-called short term pain involves our troops and a war we're righting...something too many people seem to have forgotten.
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