[baxter999]

There's more in the article if you want to read it and get that sinking feeling in your gut as you read of Bush's perfidy and treason to conservative principles. Any Bush supporters out there care to explain how President Bush could threaten conservatives in his own party with passing the even worse democratic plan if they didn't knuckle under? Bush is a socialist. Always was - always will be - and this proves it.

[Ahban]

http://www.constitutionparty.com

[Kevin Curry]

Worse, they were also told, President Bush was behind the plan, and would sign the Democratic bill if it reached his desk.

I wonder who told them that?

If this is true, it will seal my decision to leave the 2004 election ballot unmarked for president.

[thoughtomator]

Bush, like his father, seems desperate to lose his re-election bid.

The only reason he won in 2000 is because conservatives were extremely motivated to get to the polls, and to get others to the polls. He's not going to have that in 2004 - with what does he plan to replace those votes?

[Burkeman1]

A rather sickening read. But if you want traitor fake conservatives who serve the GOP RNC to defend this then ping Sinkspur and Howlin to this thread.

[billbears]

Rep. Walter Jones (R.-N.C.) told HUMAN EVENTS he would rather resign from Congress than support the costly new federal entitlement program

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"[Chief GOP Deputy Whip] Eric Cantor [R.-Va.] did approach me on the floor and asked me if I would vote for the Medicare package," said Jones. "And I said, 'If the Good Lord came down and asked me, I'd say no.'"

Thank God there's at least someone in Congress from the state of North Carolina that hasn't sold out conservative principle. We had a chance in 2002 to put a conservative in the Senate but rather we got the Seatbelt Senator. I just hope Burr, if he is the candidate, won't look to the White House before taking a breath in the morning. Unfortunately later in the article I come to read this

Meanwhile, Republican Representatives Richard Burr (N.C.)—a 2004 Senate candidate—Steve Buyer (Ind.), and James Sensenbrenner (Wis.) who voted against the bill in June, voted for it this time. And Rep. Ernest Istook (R.-Okla.) switched in the middle of the voting period from "no" to "yes." All four Republicans gave the same explanation as Franks and Otter: They had been persuaded to believe that their President would actually sign an even worse bill.

Looks like another Republican just lost my vote. Who's in the primary with Burr? Or is this just going to be another repeat of 2002 where our candidate was chosen for us? And it just 'warms' my heart to know the President would be willing to sign an even more expensive bill....