Conservatives Should Support the President Now and in November Because…

Jewish World Review, January ^ | January 13, 2004 | Martha Zoller

[quidnunc]

…They Asked for His Kind of Leadership

You hear it in the coffee shops all over the "red areas" of the map. Everyone knows that is where the real politics is discussed in America. Conservatives are asking themselves, "What was the President thinking?" They might be talking about No Child Left Behind, or steel tariffs or the signing of many less than conservative bills.

In the coffee shops in the "blue areas," liberals don't sit around much. They are too angry and busy to stop for a while but many are thinking that President Bush is the most conservative president in years, since "oh, my God, Reagan," and he must be stopped.

Both of these assessments cannot be true and after spending years looking at politics, I took my first serious stand on a candidate in 1968 at the tender age of 9, if both sides are mad at you, you are probably on the right track. So why should conservatives and moderates support the President, now on issues and later this year at the ballot box?

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Based on the history of this President, we better not count him out till we see how things unfold. He is what conservatives asked for in a President. He cut taxes, got our economy going again and lives and breathes the safety of this country and the people in it. When it is all said and done, George W. Bush does what he believes is right for the American people and he is willing to stand on his record in November.

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[cynicom]

Our choice, mad dash to socialism with the dems, or a fast pace to same destination via pubs. Big choice.

[The Old Hoosier]

......because America won't survive with a democrat.

That may be the only reason.

I wonder if it can survive with this Republican.

[N3WBI3]

Even better a conservative congressman and a presidant who will not be given a blank check by that same congressman

[ShadowDancer]

Oh my God, is Howlin's pen name Martha Zoller?

[iconoclast]

Because just like President Reagan, he's not a perfect

PLEASE don't not mention Reagan and GWB in the same post, much less the same sentence.

R.R. was not perfect ... GWB is not ....... in the same league.

[Scenic Sounds]

LOL - "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

Good post. ;-)

[N3WBI3]

Higher spending in nearly every Area of government

Continued ban on many types of Guns

Legalization of millions of people who broke the law to get in

Just because he is 'better' than a liberal does not mean he is God and should automatically get my vote.

Pray for God's will..

[iconoclast]

If sitting home or supporting a third party candidate helps elect Dean, how much loaf will we have?

You are not seeing the forest.

The neo-cons and other big-government Pubbies must be given a stake through the heart and be buried 18 feet deep.

[ShadowDancer]

Many, if not most, of the big-mouths lambasting Bush the loudest here are on Free Republic never voted for him in Y2K — they're Patsies who supported for Pat Buchanan and the other wingnuts of the Reform Partry.

Wrong. Try again.

[N3WBI3]

The most conservative person running (and that wont be Bush..)

[erasmus605]

If he lives and breathes our safety, why is he calling out for anyone with two legs to cross our border illegally and get legal status? If he cares about the economy, why is he setting us up for huge future tax increases by expanding the government? I'm not saying I won't vote for him, just that he's giving me very little reason.

I know, I don't like it either. It's unfortunate that the Republicans in congress don't stand up to his liberal policies.

The Dems always do things incrementally, and I don't think conservatives should expect to get everything all at once. The problem is, it seems we're still going in the wrong direction. At least he banned partial birth abortion.

[N3WBI3]

I voted for Bush in 2k, now it was in NY so its not like it did a ton of Good but I am in MN now and its a bit more in play. With Drug Give away's, weakend boarders, gun bans, and a more than 60% incease in education spending I wont vote for him in 2k4

[Thorin]

Bush has refused to veto unconstitutional legislation, has presided over dramatic increases in the size and power of the federal government, and inaugurated a new and hugely expensive entitlement. To top it all off, he now proposes to reward illegal aliens for their illegal entry into our country, to abdicate his responsibility to defend our laws and our borders, and to bring in millions of law wage Third World immigrants to further depress the wages of Americans and to fuel the fires of political correctness and multiculturalism. He has not earned my vote.

If Bush loses the White House, maybe the Republicans will nominate a real conservative in 2008. In any event, a Republican Congress will largely keep a Democrat President in check and would reliably oppose the sort of lunacy (such as the Bush amnesty) it might very well pass if Bush proposed it.

[quidnunc]

ShadowDancer wrote: (Many, if not most, of the big-mouths lambasting Bush the loudest here are on Free Republic never voted for him in Y2K — they're Patsies who supported for Pat Buchanan and the other wingnuts of the Reform Partry.) Wrong. Try again.

If they're not Patsies then they're most likely to be Keyesters, Losertarians or Constipationists.

[Eris]

You don't seem very happy.

[ShadowDancer]

Keep trying. You're talking to one and you haven't even come close yet.

[N3WBI3]

yup keep ripping on them then when in large numbers they turn out to vote for a third party (large enough to make a difference) don't cry about it. I will not be used the same way the Democratic party uses African Americans..

[quidnunc]

Eris wrote: You don't seem very happy.

I'm not in the least unhappy — President Bush is going to be re-elected handily, quite possibly even by a landslide, and the GOP is going to pick up seats in both houses of Congress.

What's not to be happy about?

[Orangedog]

Let the BushBots crow as much as they want. As soon as Bush signs the extension of the assault weapons ban, he's lost the election.