Who says George W. Bush has done "nothing" for conservatives?

WhiteHouse.gov; various news sources ^ | 1/27/04

[GrandEagle]

Reference...
Thanks for the hard work

[George W. Bush]

Okay. Now that you posted the link, I did see this thread by PhiKapMom but never did hear anything more about it. I just forgot I'd been on it. The pictures reminded me.

CLARK URGES SUPPORTERS to defend Clark (TROLL) on FREE REPUBLIC (Untitled email -- this is my title)

Lead Moderator, did the Clarkies ever stage an invasion at FR? If so, how many disruptors and how many posts? Has there been a rash of posts at FR which were direct quotes from Dim candidate sites or places like DU?

Are we being invaded by the Dim presidential campaigns like some FReepers are saying? Looks to me like DU got invaded (off-the-shelf software and inferior 'staff') but I haven't seen any evidence we caught any organized Clarkies or Deaniacs in here besides the usual lone wingnuts.

Sorry to flag you in here, Lead, but a few remarks were made by others that FR is being invaded and I just haven't seen anyone do it with any success. Being a good brown-noser loyal FReeper, I've been praising and defending our own site security and the vigilance of our staff in catching this stuff.

[ohioWfan]

93% approval among Republicans. That's nearly unanimous.

And he's got legions of supporters who will pound the pavement to get him reelected.

The alternative should be unthinkable to any one who calls himself a conservative........but it's clear on this forum that many who claim that title, are not. They are willing to risk having a Dean/Kerry/Clark presidency and send this nation back down the drain.....

[afropick]

I agree with that, but unfortunately that shows that congressmen who claim to be principled on certain issues should not back down.

[billbears]

Considering it's not the business of the national government. The power to regulate marriage belongs at best with the states and the citizens of the respective states. I'm not sure how you call wasting $1.5 billion a 'stroke of genius'

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Look what you did now. Left alone, this thread will reach the 65,000 mark...

[The Old Hoosier]

Say whatever you like, but I'm just saying that a lot of people on the Right are grumbling about Bush, and it does not bode well for him. It's no accident that this year's keynote speaker at CPAC was Mike Pence (R.-Ind.), who fought Bush's Medicare plan.

He continues to ignore our voice at his own peril. He's not going to be saved by Howard Dean like he thought, so he'd better start governing like a conservative.

[PhiKapMom]

And he has no use for the TRUTH, just as long as HE wins the debate.
Sad, isn't it?

It really is sad and sounds like something I would expect of a DemocRAT not a Freeper although we had one poll where 16 or so Freepers wanted Hillary. I would have loved to see who they were!

[onyx]

Yes, the grumbling has reached a fever pitch and the democrats LOVE it. Face it, President Bush is one hell of a lot more conservative than any democrat. The choice is simple.

[ohioWfan]

Are you on this thread to discuss the issue as a part of the President's conservative accomplishments?

Have you made any posts other than from your anti-immigration soapbox?

Just curious.

[b9]

Why are you making such a big deal about disruptors?


Excuse me, but it appears that thou dost protest too much.
Could that be because you is one?

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, thanks for the pic and link to article.
Good news for Bush about young voters there !

[onyx]

Jesse Helms wasn't conservative enough for you. Moving on.

[ohioWfan]

Exactly.

[The Old Hoosier]

I'm not making an opinion comment--just a factual one. He alienates us at his peril. This election is not going to be a slam-dunk.

[The Old Hoosier]

Yes, the grumbling has reached a fever pitch and the democrats LOVE it.

And Bush can do something to stop the grumbling. The grumbling is his fault, not ours--unless you'd like us to stop thinking for ourselves and march in lock step as if he were Stalin?

[LucyJo]

He has just picked up the load that was given to him, shouldered it, and set out to correct it.! (woodyinscc)

This is true. And its a position that we've all experienced in our home/job: cleaning up other people's messes. In politics, especially in the historical politics of the left...there are many messes...some of which will take several years to scrub clean. But when your job is the POTUS and you have to deal with all of the complexities that come with the job...its a different ballgame. A bucket and a bottle of Mr. Clean won't cut it. Idealogies and attitudes take time to change, re-education (from the brainwashing of the left in all levels of American society) takes time, bureacracy takes time to change; and with change, there is always compromise and sacrifice. Thats where we're at right now.

Excellent post! I've been reading through the posts and wondering why some here can't seem to grasp this relatively simple and obvious fact.

I noticed the accusation in a number of posts from others that "bots" would be screaming if Clinton had taken similar actions to GWB's in immigration, etc., and I'm wondering if they can make the distinction in character, motivation, "strategery", and any number of other differences behind the actions of these two men, or if they discount those things. President Bush has taken strong, decisive action for positive conservative changes when the opportunity has presented itself as the Southack/Wolfstar compilation shows. That gives me hope that his intentions are to make more once he has tools in place to be able to do so. I could be wrong, but so could they. I just know that not supporting President Bush in the 2004 election will only hasten destruction of our founding ideals at the hands of people who leave no longer leave doubt as to their intentions.

[PhiKapMom]

I would expect that from liberals who use those tactics when they have no clear or proper response.

Thanks for posting your comments. Very well stated. That is what so many of us are having trouble believing -- the nastiness against the President for some things that are only proposals.

Can remember during CFR, the President told the Congress don't expect him to use the veto pen. If he got the CFR, he would sign it and it was up to Congress to make the changes which is where it belonged.

President Bush does not believe the veto pen should be used as a way of controlling Congress nor does he believe Executive Orders should be a way for the President to make laws. Both of those are traits I want in my President!

[afropick]

The house and senate needs to legislate like true conservatives too. Otherwise, anything the president tries to do as far as bills go wont matter much. I wonder if they could reduce a 760 billion tax cut to a 350 billion one, why couldn't they done that to the medicare bill or any other bill.

[StoneColdGOP]

President Bush has just opened the door (pardon the pun) to discussion of immigration policy. We have to have a workable policy before we can have a workable enforcement.

If he thought HE needed to be the one to open the discussion, where the hell has he been? Some of us have been clamoring for YEARS over the issue! And by the way, deporting people who shouldn't be here and making sure they don't cross into the U.S. to begin with seems a pretty simple and workable policy to me.

During his first campaign for president, he said he wanted to reform Soash' Security. Critics said he shouldn't mention the "third rail" in politics, yet he did, he got elected, and 3 years later hardly anything has been reformed. It is a slooow process. So will immigration policy be a slow process. At least he is willing to look at the problem.

He's looking at it the wrong way. I know he wants to be the "compassionate conservative" and help EVERYONE, but damn it we can't afford it, and the states can't afford it. Illegals will break California. And slow process or not, the very fact he's proposing such lunacy is an alarming signal at the least!