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We must remember that unlike liberal voters, many conservative voters put principles and issues over party affiliation and political expediency. They simply won't vote for a public official who undermines their ideals, and beating them up about it won't will only alienate them further.

Thank you. That one really deserved repeating.

The insults that McClintock supporters had to endure during the recall race were beyond the pale and illustrated a portion of the Pubbie party that no one could ever mistake for "compassionate" (a term apparently attached to "conservative" to deny the existence of such a power-at-all-costs-even-the-Constitution wing). Prior to that race I thought such types were solely the slanderous creation of the Left, but I was wrong. They exist.

Lest we forget, America's greatness is predicated on the power of her people at the expense of power in government.

I have truly come to like President Bush as a person. Signing a renewal of this silly yet potentially dangerous ban will not lead me to support him as a politician.

NOTHING on Free Republic caused your guy McClintock to garner only 13% of the vote.

Luxuriate in your 13%. Don't blame others if you are feeling politically powerless.

"We must remember that unlike liberal voters, many conservative voters put principles and issues over party affiliation and political expediency. They simply won't vote for a public official who undermines their ideals, and beating them up about it won't will only alienate them further."

Thank you. That one really deserved repeating.

The insults that McClintock supporters had to endure during the recall race were beyond the pale and illustrated a portion of the Pubbie party that no one could ever mistake for "compassionate" (a term apparently attached to "conservative" to deny the existence of such a power-at-all-costs-even-the-Constitution wing). Prior to that race I thought such types were solely the slanderous creation of the Left, but I was wrong. They exist.

Why is taking common sense and reality into voting unprincipled? Don't you think that voting for McClintock and thus risking putting Bustamente into office is a bit Jonestownish? I do and I'm a conservative. If you keep waiting for the perfect candidate, you will end up with nothing. BTW, I don't know whether or not I'm a "Pubbie" because I don't know what a "Pubbie" is.