I don't want them ("one issue conservatives") to leave. I mean, I'm not "moderate",. I believe in conservative ideology. It's the best way to go. But , I can also see people today, don't have a clue about what conservatism is, or why it is the better choice.
We were well on our way to falling over the cliff of socialism, when GWB was elected. It's like we are trying to pull ourselves back from the edge of that cliff. Clinton was elected twice. Gore won the popular vote. I blame the Republicans for part of this, because they didn't make their case to the people, and, thanks to Lott and others, Clinton , was never brought up on the serious charges he should have been . I am NOT talking about Monica and cigars here.. But , it's water under the bridge now.
I wish we would have a national dialogue about why we don't want to turn Socialist, and why conservatism, ultimately is the most fair to everyone. But, this isn't going to happen if we lose. If we give power back to dems, they will shut all dialogue down. They will shut Free Republic down. They don't believe in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. While President Bush, is a moderate, and has done things I don't like , he is still on our side, for the most part. We have to win the country back, one battle at a time. I wish people understood this.
I'll tell you about my neighbors son, to illustrate the problem. He is 19 now, and he's a minority (African American). His family all receive services from the government and don't work. They all talk about how tough they have it, while the government checks keep coming in the mail. The kid, David, is all messed up from the complaining and such, so I try to talk to him about things.
I keep telling him he can do anything he wants to do, but he has to make the effort. (in spite of how he was raised, he really is an intelligent kid, with alot of potential). I told him no one was going to knock on his door and offer him a job. He'd have to go out and look for one. For a while he said he won't get hired because of racism, and I would say "Have you tried to get a job? How many applications have you put in?" His reply: " None."
Finally, he decided to go out and try, and much to his amazement, got a job in a box factory. He now gets himself up at 5am, takes the bus to work, and doesn't come home til 4-5pm. He opened his first checking account, and is quite proud of himself. He hates his job, but he understands that its a stepping stone so he can buy a car , then take some night classes at the community college, and get a better job. Unfortunately , his family is giving him a hard time about his successes. They call him white or say he's going to be an Oreo exc.. ( He says he wants to move out. A good idea I think.)
The point of this is, in all his 19 years, and all his years in public school, no one had ever told him he had to work to get what he wanted. It's so simple, but no one talks about it anymore. We're all so twisted up with the PC touch feely Self esteem crap of the last 40 years of 'RAT rule, we have forgotten the basics of our society, what it takes to succeed here or even the principles that make our country work so much better than the others.
We aren't teaching the kids any of this (or, at least its not emphasized as the main point of it all). They expect everything to be handed to them. They think that having a job is a bad thing, but living off the government and doing nothing all day is good.
The general public is unable to see through 'RAT lies and could be easily talked into throwing the country away, in favor of a socialist system,(promises the easy life, but delivers nothing).
I would like to see President Bush talk a whole lot more to about people taking responsibility for themselves. I would like to see someone talk to the legal Hispanic Immigrants about how much illegal immigration costs them, (in lost jobs, lower pay and having to support those who won't work) as well as the rest of the country, and challenge them about their assumption that "racism" is why people vote for something like proposition 187. It isn't. People don't want to have take things away from their own family in order pay for someone elses family, who came here illegally, and who refuses to work. It has nothing to do with race. The whole concept of legal immigration is based on how many people we can take in ,with out hurting our economic system. It would be nice if some one could explain that to them ( on Spanish TV and Newspapers exc..)
I would love to see Tom Mc Clintock win higher office, he makes alot of sense, but, he and any other conservative needs to be able to communicate clearly that conservatism is NOT "racism" to the people, because so many have this false assumption about it.
I don't know if we can turn it all around, but, if we let the dems in, its over for sure. I wish the "one issue conservatives" would grasp this. You don't win by losing. Especially when it comes to giving power over to the dems.