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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[JackelopeBreeder]

You better make it quick on that name change. Most of the republicans in my county want it.

[deport]

Yep.... The LPs got something under 400,000 votes in 2000. The Constitution Party under 100,000 and Reform a little over 400,000..... So they are vocal but not much bite...... Kinda like a few gnats..... annoying but not much harm.

[Texasforever]

They're playing right into Dean's hands.

Ah don't let them get to ya. Hell we have seen this same tired old crew for ever around here. They ALWAYS overplay their hand and bet into a pair of deuces. Yep, they mumble, we got this "sum a bitch" this time. LOL

[Texasforever]

and this is the last straw!

I could hear you stomp your little foot all the way down to Texas when you typed that.

[Soylent Democrats]

LP's have a horrible Messiah complex. Libertarians can only make wholesale indictments against President George W. Bush because they are shaking in their boots over his ever-growing popularity and resolve, which has only added countless Americans to the GOP and galvanized the party faithful---and the Libertarians hate us for that. The libertarians can join the tin-foil crowd and have the mental hospital orderlies turn-off their computers, spoon-feed them Jello and balance their medication. They are truly adrift.

[JackelopeBreeder]

Yep.... The LPs got something under 400,000 votes in 2000. The Constitution Party under 100,000 and Reform a little over 400,000..... So they are vocal but not much bite...... Kinda like a few gnats..... annoying but not much harm.

That looks like 900,000 votes when totalled together. If I remember correctly, the 2000 election was nearly a dead heat and it was all of 537 votes in Floriduh that put Dubya over the top for the Electoral College.

Bush took my county here in Arizona in 2000 by a landslide, but right now a lot of the most active Republicans here are split between writing in Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul, Pat Buchanan, Bullwinkle, etc. I am tempted to find out how many votes I could get without even using my real name.

Vote JackelopeBreeder in 2004! A weird candidate for weird times!

I'd bet I could even siphon off a bunch of Dem votes from the Haight-Ashbury retirees who migrated to Bisbee. If you'll excuse me, I have a campaign to launch. This could be the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on...

Tancredo is coming here for dinner this Saturday night. Maybe he'd consent to the VP slot.

[Badray]

Thanks for the enlightenment.

Now we can see why the dems can get agenda thru when they are in the minority and the pubbie president advances an ever increasing federal government when he is working with a pubbie majority.

All you are doing is making excuses for Bush and company to expand government. Is the point of your effort to make us forget that the POTUS has veto power and that he can stop a lot of this crap? That Bush did not use the bully pulpit or spend some of his (once plentiful) political capital to advance a real conservative agenda speaks volumes.

[dagnabbit]

That's a great slogan and great link !

[Archangelsk]

Two words to counter: Saudi Arabia. Enough said.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Badray]

Wow!

While I certainly understand your frustration and agree with your reasoning, I cannot agree with your conclusion.

I voted for Bush (albeit reluctantly). I organized rallies for Bush on the streets of Pittsburgh during the election battle. All because I didn't want a liberal president who would expand the size and scope of government like algore. I got fooled. But only once. I won't be fooled again.

This time I will likely vote for one of the third party candidates to register my anger. If Clark (and he WILL be the Dem nominee) wins, so be it, but I will not vote for him or gather votes for him (or VP nominee Hillary).

We have survived clinton twice. We are worse for it, but we did survive. Bush was to be the key to turning back the onslaught of big government and the socialist trend in this country, but he has done little in that regard. We can survive another democrat. We CANNOT survive a republican who governs like a democrat.

[tbpiper]

We have an apple running against an apple

So I guess it's ok with you whoever gets in?

Total lack of analysis on your part. Go study up some and then repost

[tbpiper]

if the Wizard had given you a brain, Strawman, you'd know that "the dismantling of America" is not a DU line.

Ok. I appologize. You can full credit for the stupid statement. I admit that my mind couldn't have created such and realize that only you could have such gifted insight to be able to pen such idiocy.

That is to say the “Bush shows that he is ready to dismantle America” statement is a complete wild ass claim that has no defense nor evidence…..and your little dog, too.

[BlackbirdSST]

Bring back the good ol' days of gridlock. I honestly don't see how this is any better than having a Democrat in the White House.

This point needs to bumped a couple of hundred times, maybe the delusional will get the message. Show 'em the door in '04. Blackbird.

[mr.pink]

"mr.-pink-turning-red" would be an appropriate new moniker, if you ever get knocked off.

Is that your best counter?....playing FR name games?...Although I don't always agree with you, I know you bring a lot more to the table than that laziness.

When I see Perle, Gingrich, Bennett, Frum, or Horowitz on the tube, I can't help but realizing that I have absolutely nothing in common with them and I am in fact completely repulsed by them.

As so many of the current leading " neo conservative" spokespeople are merely "fiscal conservatives", one would think they'd actually appreciate using the UN as a means to cut expense of their Nation Building follies.

As I said before on this thread, the return of James Baker is giving me some hope that the Administration is changing for the better.

[mr.pink]

At least with the UN the cost for these nation-building schemes might be spread out a little more.

You would think more conservatives would see that important angle...but unfortunately, many (i.e.- the neo cons) are motivated by greedy visions of controlling all that Iraqi oil and profiteering on the backs of an abused people.

[BlackbirdSST]

But what can anybody expect from somebody who is willing to turn this country over to the liberals.

Look in the mirror. What's worse, you aren't even willing to fight to take it back. Blackbird.