[Ricardo4CP]

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[Veritas_est]

What is this ping list? Constitution Party news?

[xzins]

R4CP, I hate to be a spoil sport, but the Constitution Party has not done the work in the 3 years since the last election to increase its ranks and its national presence. It is still a statistically insignificant party in terms of the general election.

In the years since the 2000 election they have been guilty of negligence in not growing their party.

Therefore, in terms of probability, there is effectively, a ZERO chance that they will win the 2004 election.

I can state with close to absolute certainty that the winning candidate will be either the Republican or the Democratic candidate. Anyone who does not see that is simply ignoring it.

Said with respect and not out of belligerence.

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[Ricardo4CP]

It was only a matter of time.

After three years of trying to out-do the Clinton administration with regard to using the federal treasury to solidify their control in Washington, conservative leaders who still have a conscience are beginning to revolt. The Washington Times reports that "national leaders of six conservative organizations yesterday broke with the Republican majorities in the House and Senate, accusing them of spending like 'drunken sailors,' and had some strong words for President Bush as well." This is not some wild liberal-inspired tirade but rather the frustration of conservative leaders who see no end to the RNC's actions. Read the story here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20040115-112447-9758r

Compare the Bush administration's fiscal policy as noted in the attached article with that of the Constitution Party:

The only legitimate purpose of civil government is to safeguard the God-given rights of its citizens; namely, life, liberty, and property. Only those duties, functions, and programs specifically assigned to the federal government by the Constitution should be funded. We call upon Congress and the President to stop all federal expenditures which are not specifically authorized by the U. S. Constitution, and to restore to the states those powers, programs, and sources of revenue that the federal government has usurped.

We call upon the President to use his Constitutional veto power to stop irresponsible and unconstitutional appropriations, and use his Constitutional authority to refuse to spend any money appropriated by Congress for unconstitutional programs or in excess of Constitutionally imposed tax revenue.

We call for the systematic reduction of the federal debt through, but not limited to, the elimination of further borrowing and the elimination of unconstitutional programs and agencies.

We reject the misleading use of the terms surplus and balanced budget as long as public debt remains. We oppose dishonest accounting practices such as "off-budget items" used to hide unconstitutional spending practices...

(From Constitution Party National Platform: Cost of Big Government -- http://www.constitutionparty.com/ustp-99p1.html#Costofgov)

In light of the past three years performance of the Republican controlled federal legislature and the Bush administration, those that call themselves "fiscal conservatives" who continue to support President Bush and the GOP need to be asked whose fiscal policies are they trying to conserve? On what basis do they excuse such blatant socialist policies such as the recent $400 billion prescription drug benefit passed by a Republican controlled Congress and signed by Mr. Bush?

At this point we can either continue to repeat the empty Republican promises about fiscal restraint or roll up our sleeves and get to work to fix the problem by joining the Constitution Party and elect candidates who are serious about fighting for fiscal sanity.

If not now, when?

[tubebender]

I got a call last night asking for money for GWB. I told the caller "no way" and listed my displeasure with his actions lately. I asked him to tell his supervisor the convey my remarks to the campaign. He gave me a phone number to call which I just did. Guess what...The voice mail box for comments was too full to accept my call. Try this number and choose from 6 choices.

1 800 531 6789

[WFTR]

Nice try, but ultimately, I see the first job of the federal government as defending the United States against foreign enemies. Right now, the most active and vicious of those enemies are the Muslim jihadists. I don't agree with every policy of the Bush administration. In fact, I truly hate some of his policies. However, he is taking the fight to our enemies. We have to fight and destroy and keep doing both until our enemies either surrender or are eliminated.

From everything I've heard, the CP is opposed to our war against the enemy jihadists. All of the CP writings that I have see suggest that we shouldn't be fighting them. Many CP'ers seem stuck in the liberal lie that we should not have dealings with the Middle East, should ban all cars so that we wouldn't need oil, and should be glad to see the jihadists finish what Hitler started. I may agree with CP'ers on a few issues, but they lose my vote on this basis.

Another Terri's Law
Bill

[sauropod]

Think it was already posted.

[af_vet_1981]

Great ...
Another Conservatives For Dean movement ...
Just like Perot ...
Some people just don't learn.

[The_Eaglet]

Asked for comment, Christine Iverson, spokeswoman for Republican National Chairman Ed Gillespie, said that while the last Clinton budget "proposed a 15 percent increase for spending unrelated to national defense, homeland security, entitlement programs and interest on the national debt," the first Bush budget "proposed lowering this increase to 6 percent, the second budget to below 5 percent and the latest to 2 percent for next year."
But conservative critics said that Congress opted to spend far more, and Mr. Bush didn't move to stop it.

I would like to know how this issue is addressed at CPAC.

[patriot_wes]

I was present for keynote addresses by Alan Keyes and Bay Buchanen on Friday and Saturday and folks we are in deep trouble now that the senate and congressional RINO's have joined with the RATS. They have done nothing all of this time they've held majority positions but kiss "demobutt" and hide their sad selves in their offices.

I voted for Bush and support the Irac incursion but with what is going on in our balance of trade needs and the flow of every creepy thing coming UNCHECKED across the borders we are on course to soon lose America. Very unfortunate.

[no_problema]

most folks knew going in that the bushes never were conservatives. grandfather bush up in connecticut as a u.s. senator spent money like the rockefellers.

to split the republican party is stupid, if not evil.

likewise, the democrats moved to the left and look where they're at--out of power.

to split the republican party means to go out of power.

centrists rule in america, whether republican or democrat.