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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[PGalt]

First, to make The Democratic Crime Syndicate extinct...in other words a one party system (easier than a 3rd party), then as our ranks grow to elect FreeRepublicans to the remaining party. We are very early into the information war and WE CAN/WILL turn this country around.

[familyofman]

"...George W. Bush does what he believes is right for the American people and he is willing to stand on his record in November."

It is a record that is so liberal and fiscally irresponsible that no self-respecting conservative should support it. Illegal alien worker program is the straw that broke my back.

Now I have to find a true conservative to vote for, not the CINO (conservative in name only) we have now.

[NewLand]

Two words to counter: Saudi Arabia. Enough said.

This high stakes game of chess is far from over. Check.

[Dane]

We can survive another democrat

Keep on posting Ray. You helped Rendell in PA and now you want to help one of the nine dwarves.

You are wandering around in the wilderness with your above italicized sentiments, IMO.

[Dane]

Now I have to find a true conservative to vote for, not the CINO (conservative in name only) we have now.

When you reach your destination called "perfect political world" how about sending me a post card. I have a notion that I will be waiting by the mailbox for a long time.

[lawgirl]

Agreed. As dangerous as Howard Dean is, I am confident that he'll pop a cork and show his real self in any debate a la Al Gore. That would not only be a beautiful thing to see, it would probably seal it for W. No one wants a hothead with their finger on the button.

[MissAmericanPie]

I don't care if he raised the dead, the man has destroyed and is destroying the foundations and underpinning of America. The annemic list of his accomplishments are mere bones toss'ed to placate conservatives and in no way compare to the damage he has, is, and will inflict.

[Dane]

Here you go Ray, here is your support for Rendell.

I(Badray) will not support Fisher. He is the epitome of the cheesey, fake smiling politician who will pat you on the back only to gain a better vantage point to stab you in the back or reach into your wallet.

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[Dane]

I don't care if he raised the dead, the man has destroyed and is destroying the foundations and underpinning of America. The annemic list of his accomplishments are mere bones toss'ed to placate conservatives and in no way compare to the damage he has, is, and will inflict

Wgatever, MAP, that is your right to have an opinion, misgudied in your eternal pessimism and bitterness, IMO, but your right to have.

[The Old Hoosier]

I will deliver my and every vote I can influence to whoever wins the democratic nomination.

Don't be stupid. It's enough not to help Bush, don't waste your time helping satan's spawn.

[The Old Hoosier]

Oh, I'm paying attention all right. Trust me.

[Nanodik]

Is that why the Canadian Government told our government they were going to legalize pot

I guess you have been getting your news from those "magazines" at the checkout in the grocery store. Pot has not been legalized in Canada any more than it has in California. Simple possession is a misdemeanor that carries a fine. Is that your big worry in life? That some Canadians are going to move down here and smoke some pot?

Now, I know you are hung up on the fact that I hail from Canada. But let's get one thing straight: I am an American. I think America is the greatest country on the face of the earth. That does not mean that it is living up to it's potential, and I get really, really pissed off at politicians who want to make the US more like Canada - kinda the way your buddy Whore-Hay is. Big Kennedy style DOE, drug give-aways for greedy-geezers, treating illegal aliens better than the legal ones, deficit spending, mandates on states, etc. etc. This is the kind of crap that will turn the US into Canada, and you can trust me on this one; you do not want to go there.

[Nanodik]

Both parties now want sell my birhtright

I like what one poster had on this thread: The RP is treating "conservatives" like the Dems treat African-Americans. About the only Rep I would vote for right now is Ron Paul (from Texas, no doubt), and the RP treats him like he has leprosy.

[Nanodik]

So what's the prospects for this go around to upset the two-party cartel?

Perhaps if the RP looses to the dems by the margin that went to the right-wing 3rd parties, they won't take you for granted.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Conservatives are still the base of the GOP."

I guess that all depends on whose definition of "conservative" you want to use.

If you mean the definition of conservative which embraces protectionism, isolationism, and non-interventionism as a political ideology, then they are not...in fact, they have never truly been the base because all those are political ideologies which have never been embraced by the U.S. people at any level.

If you mean the "conservatives" who support exclusion rather than inclusion, who see dialog with certain segments of the voters as "pandering", and who raise ideology over people, they haven't been any part of "the base" since Reagan raised the standard, and placed people ahead of ideology.

And lastly, if you define "conservatives" as they who would welcome electoral victories by Democrats in the name of advancing "conservative" principles, then I say to you that they are truly NOT the base of the Party.

The base of anything must, by definition, be that which supports and stabilizes it, the "conservatives" around these parts, or at least those who label themselves "true conservatives" have left the Party before, and threaten to leave it again...they cannot possibly be the base.

Like it or not, they are the minority within the majority membership, and geometrically speaking, if you see the ideological make up of the GOP as a triangle, these "conservatives" are the point, and the narrowest point of a triangle can't be its base.

[deport]

And how does that upset the two party cartel? One of them is still in power.... You 3rd party losers don't have a plan to final become a winner..... but you can tell the other two how it's done...... [Perhaps........] LOL

[Eris]

An old question none of the Bushbots seem to want to answer -

"What does it profit a man if he gains the world, but loses his (conservative) soul?"

[Howlin]

I guess that all depends on whose definition of "conservative" you want to use.

When I read what he wrote last night, I kind of had a kneejerk reaction, but then I realized he meant "conservative" in the best kind of way -- the inclusive kind of way, where he accepts us ALL into that "tent," if you will.

I really don't think EV meant to use the term "conservative" in the way its thrown around on this forum.

[EternalVigilance]

Those would be foolish ways to describe conservatism.

[KantianBurke]

Vote Dubya!

Because getting a $300 Federal tax refund sure makes up for knowing your taxes are set to explode once granny's free pills bill comes due!