[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT!!!!

[eyespysomething]

Great rant!

Almost every American lives their life as a Conservative. If more people were informed, then more Conservatives would be voted into office. I approach each day with a smile because I know that the only difference between a happy person and an angry person is that the angry person is angry. Everybody has problems. Its how we deal with those problems that shapes our life.

[mhking]

Rant on, my brotha! I'm with ya!

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Righter-than-Rush]

Common sense BUMP!

[unixfox]

When you see evil you must confront it.

The most evil agency on earth is right here in the good ole U.S.A. They have no rules, they have no one to oversee them, they are not bound by the same laws as we are, they run roughshod over those that they know have no defense. I could go on and on about this no good sorry sack of dog shit agency but I think you get my drift.

Once we confont THAT evil we will have taken our country back. Until then we are sheeple being lead to slaughter.

[longtermmemmory]

It won't be easy. Foreign countries are now getting in on the action, supporting Howard Dean with campaign cash. Combine that with voter fraud and his ability to lie and you have an evil entity that must be taken care of.

that bears repeating and publicising. It has a democrat party tradition to take money for the foreign enemies of the USA.

[Conservababe]

Touche'

I hope you have sent this to your newspaper.

[cyborg]

I am feeling the right wing angst and BTTT for empathic and fellow hate for liberal DUmmies

[Bonaparte]

Well put, CM55! Right to the point.

[doug from upland]

I'll bump the rant.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Yes, it was well stated and clear.

I would argue that elections alone will not solve the problem. I remember the real McGovern. I remember that Nixon won in 1972 with just over 60 percent of the popular vote and won the electoral vote 520 to 17. Yet, within two years the left drove him from office. Do not believe that Nixon brought it all on himself. Yes, covering up to protect his people was a mistake, but it was SOP for politicians. Both parties bugged each other, both parties did dirty tricks (Dick Tuck was the Dems' master and the media loved him), and both parties covered up.

Nixon was hated by the left beginning from the time he was an anti-Communist congressman in the late 1940s. It appears to me that President Bush is hated at least as much. Once "Watergate" got started there was little else the media talked about. There was some honest reporting even without talk radio and the Internet but you had to look for it. Most people watched TV network "news." I remember asking my younger co-workers what did Nixon do? None could really answer beyond, he lied.

There may not be a "Watergate" today but today's news contains a story about just who, by name, was responsible for "letting" 9/11 happen -- you know what all the forces of the left will do with that story in an election year. Next year may be when we learn just what it takes to stop the left from motivating our enemies by destroying ANOTHER wartime administration. Never again!

[Aquamarine]

"We Got Him!" :)

[CyberCowboy777]

BTTT!

[CyberCowboy777]

Battle Cry!

It is time to win this country BACK!

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can. - by Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative"

[LisaMalia]

I think your "rant" was good, and you echo many of my thoughts. Lord knows we all need to rant once in awhile. I have been blessed with two sisters, who are my best friends as well, and we call each other constantly just to rant, or as we call it, vent.
We were burning up the phone lines during the Sawyer/President Bush interview.
Just a couple of things I'd like to add:

Watch out for Clark. He's rising a bit in the polls, and he might strike a chord with Dems who want to feel they are patriotic. I know this makes no sense to most of us, but remember, there are some that could be blinded by his sueudo military background.
Even if you don't agree with President Bush on every issue, vote for him anyway. We can't afford a replay of the "Perot" fiasco.
Remember, there are strength in numbers. I have been a part of the silent majority for way too long. When I discovered this website, I immediately knew I had found a home. Let's be thankful that we have a place to express our conservative thoughts. I know I am.

[TexKat]

BTT

[Tamzee]

Count me in as one that agrees this should go to your local newspapers! Reaching out to the politically unaware voter is, IMHO, the most effective way of moving the country further to the right.

I don't see how your essay can miss making people really question where they stand on the political spectrum :-)

[RobFromGa]

I like it. You hit a lot of good points.

The one paragraph I think needs a little work is the fourth one. The opening sentence, tired of not being pandered to, and the one about demanding govt action in my best interests, make you sound like you want govt to take care of you. This is not what you intend to portray.

I think you should dust it off in the morning, run through a editing session, and fire it off to your paper. Journalists do a lot of editing.

What type of journalist do you want to be?

[CDHart]

Any specific suggestions as to how to correct the situation?

Carolyn

[joesbucks]

Campaign Finance Reform was the worst thing that we could have let happen. In effect our leaders are telling us to shut up.

I don't agree with certain aspects of CFR as passed, but the way it was previously, they had already told us to shut up.....unless you're ready to open your checkbook. Access to my elected representatives should not be limited to my ability to write a check. Those SOB's better be ready to listen to me when I have a concern, money in hand or not.