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"One motive for being a squeaky wheel this political season is for the benefit of those in authority, as well as their staffs, that monitor what's being debated here. Passive feedback to the politicians, so to speak. "

No problem with that. I did the same. I get letters asking for money from RNC and NSRC. This month I sent letters back not with money but telling them they need to clean up their act on spending and on immigration if they want my money.

Check the latest Novak column - they are listening! Its why Bush is proposing 0.5% discretionary spending increase instead of 4%. It was exactly the point I've made in communications to them!

That being said, it is dumb for the "conservative" disgruntled ones to spout off about not voting for Bush as some kind of payback; a real conservative knows the limits of the possible, especially in politics. One is that kn President will be 100% what we want. There is 100% probability that the President next January will be a Republican or Democrat -- 99% probablity the choices will be Bush v Kerry IMHO. That's the real choice - a real conservative has the courage to see that real choice and make a reasoned calculation. Utopia wont come in 2005 no matter who wins, and America will survive no matter how bad we select a President (heck we survived Jimmy Carter). But the choice matters - Bush or Kerry will mean a BIG DIFFERENCE to the country.

I have a problem with energy-sapping dissention that fractures the conservative cause by whining about how the Republicans have so compromised or are so bad they are not worth it. Hogwash - go look up Southhack's list of accomplishments by Bush - MANY CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES on many fronts - pro-life, national security, standing up to Kyoto/UN/ICC, tax reductions, regulation reform, etc. Remember, its not that 100% of Republicans are Conservative, or that the party is 100% conesrvative, but in Congress 100% OF CONSERVATIVES ARE REPUBLICAN.

That means the Republican Party is the ONLY effective vehicle for political participation at this time. You could try an ineffective and fracturing 3rd party route. The road to be irrelevent. Or you could try to salvage the Democrats - a hopeless task, imho. They are a Socialist one-world-dominated party. Jim Robinson has it pegged right - we need to DEFEAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AS A FORCE IN POLITICS if we want conservative causes to win.

The path is clear for conservatives, and quite simple:
1. Make the Republican Party the majority party in America.
2. Make the Republican Party a principled, conservative party.

Note that both #1 and #2 are needed. Each by itself is not enough.

We are wasting energy if we do things that hurt this path to saving America.

No problem with that. I did the same. I get letters asking for money from RNC and NSRC. This month I sent letters back not with money but telling them they need to clean up their act on spending and on immigration if they want my money.

Excellent! If only more people would do exactly the same.

Check the latest Novak column - they are listening! Its why Bush is proposing 0.5% discretionary spending increase instead of 4%. It was exactly the point I've made in communications to them!

Without the current stink from the conservatives, we would have had that 4% increase, if not more.

Rove had better not hold his breath waiting for us to applaud this 'mere' 0.5% discretionary increase. After last year's spending and the huge new Pill Bill, I expect cuts to offset this wild spending.

Start with the NEA and the Departments of Education and Labor. They've had plenty of increases under a GOP Congress already.

I'm looking for cuts. Lower spending, less government. The classic Reagan conservative agenda.