Stick With President Bush In November (Good Reasons NOT To Stay At Home) (My Title)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 01/31/04 | Henry Lamb

[goldstategop]

The most serious threat to President Bush's second term is not a Democrat; it is the growing mass of disenchanted Republicans who are accepting the proposition that there is little or no difference between the two major parties.

"Where are they going to go?" says a well-placed Bush operative. "You know they'll never vote for Dean or Kerry. And there's no Ross Perot on the horizon."

Where will they go? Nowhere. And that's the point. Republicans, especially the more conservative variety, are likely to stay home in droves. So far, the Republican strategists appear to be oblivious to this possibility.

Perhaps conservative Republicans expected too much too soon from a Republican administration. The Democrats had eight years to fill the agencies of government with activists from their special-interest groups. It is true that President Bush quickly dumped the most egregious of these types, whose positions are political plums. The underlings hired by the political appointees, however, are protected by civil-service regulations and cannot be fired, or even reassigned, without non-political justification.

The disappointment of conservatives goes much deeper and questions the fundamental philosophy which guides the administration. After eight years of watching the Clinton-Gore team march the United States directly into the jaws of a global socialist government, Bush supporters expected a screeching halt and a major course correction.

Conservatives cheered Bush's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol – a screeching halt and a major course correction – while socialists abroad and Democrats at home condemned the president.

When Bush defied the U.N. Security Council, and created a multi-national coalition to eliminate Saddam Hussein, conservatives split, some cheering the action, some joining the Democrats at home and socialists abroad who condemned the action.

The Patriot Act, the prescription drug program, the "guest worker" program, the so-called "free trade" programs and a half-trillion dollar deficit have left conservatives reeling, wondering why a Republican administration and Congress have produced results that look so much like what they would expect from a Democrat administration and Congress.

Consequently, many, many Republicans have thrown up their hands and have decided to either join some doomed third-party movement or simply stay home.

While this reaction may be understandable, it is not only self-defeating, it violates the first law of true believers: Never, never, never, never give up!

It is true that Republican hold the White House and a razor-thin majority in Congress. It is also true that the nation is divided, almost down the middle, between people who want to continue the Clinton-Gore path toward global socialist government and those who want to abandon that path and move the United States toward more individual freedom, free markets and voluntary cooperation among sovereign nations.

Rather than give up and stay at home, a better strategy may be for conservatives to realize that the election of President Bush in 2000, and securing a slim majority in Congress in 2002, is just the first step in a long journey. Conservatives should realize that it takes 60 senators to prevail over the Democrats' filibuster.

Rather than throw in the towel, conservatives might throw their effort into the campaigns of conservative candidates for the House and Senate, and for the state legislatures and county commissions.

The global socialist agenda moved into high gear after the fall of the Berlin Wall, aided dramatically by the progressive Democrats in the United States. The Bush election in 2000 disrupted that agenda, and to them, nothing is more important than removing the Bush obstacle. Conservatives who decide to give up and stay at home will be aiding and abetting the enemies of freedom.

A return to progressive Democrat leadership in the United States is a return to the Kyoto Protocol and U.N. control over energy use in the United States. It is a return to subservience to the United Nations – as Howard Dean says, to get "permission" from the U.N. before defending our nation. It is a return to total government control over land use, education and every other facet of life.

In 2000, conservatives barely got a foothold on the bridge of the ship of state. In 2002, conservatives began to get a grip on the wheel. In 2004, conservatives have an opportunity to bring on more hands and to permanently discharge some of the progressive Democrats who continue to fight desperately for control.

Democrats alone cannot regain control. If conservatives give up, throw in the towel and fail to show up for the November battle, the Democrats will win by default. Conservatives who truly believe that freedom is better than socialism, those who want freedom for their children rather than a world socialist government, will never, never, never, never give up. They will show up in November.

[hoosiermama]

Until then, I'll vote for Paul and at least know I didn't vote for either evil

When I was young and foolish I threw away a vote on Perot....then I matured a bit! (Realized my vote did count...Didn't like what we got! And realized it was partly my fault!)

I'll vote for someone who can get elected. Call it the worse of two evils. If I want to protest it'll be with phone calls, emails, signs not with my precious vote~

[DollyCali]

TO WHOMEVER IT MAY CONCERN (Not necessarily you HM.. I am just responding since you were the last poster) Jim Robinson who OWNS & RUNS this forum has SAID that one of the purposes of this forum is to RE-ELECT PRSIDENT BUSH ... NOW IF THIS IS NOT YOUR AGENDA, I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE.

This is not a forum to recruit others to your great (???) party & your ultra views. It is a forum to support our president.. and yes, that may seems obtuse to you. So be it.

Suggest you leave because with the combined posts I have read just on this thread, I believe your account will be history in the very near future. If you are talking of defeating Bush or suggesting support of other presidential candidates .. go to it. Just do it elsewhere! Your choice to leave like ladies & gentlemen or be tossed out .......

[George W. Bush]

Any FReeping of political conventions is only a FReep if the puprose is to keep the Democrats out of power...

No. Not to try to pull some silly seniority thing on you but the fact is that FR once routinely took out a hatchet and went after RINOs and pushed the GOP congressmen to stand for principle. It happened on a daily or weekly basis.

Just because you weren't here when FR did it doesn't mean it didn't happen. On a regular basis.

[Trteamer]

Let me get this straight, it's counter productive to call the RINO's on the carpet? It's counter productive to try to take my party back from the country club crowd? I say bull.

If I can't do it as a FReeper, I'll do it anyway not as a FReeper. I'll do it as a disgruntled Republican.

[DameAutour]

"It's not Bush. It's the Congress."

I think I'm going to make this my tagline. Bush has disappointed on some levels and he has come through in other ways.

But Congress is really where the conservatives need to focus right now, unless they really want to get rid of Bush. Otherwise, hold your nose if you have to and vote for the only man who will fight the war on terror (and the only pro-life ally in the executive branch). And take control of Congress.

[hoosiermama]

just had to be said again!It's not Bush. It's the Congress. Because the Constitution says so.

[kitkat]

***The Democrats are so bad, that, in comparison, whatever faults George Bush may have pale into insignificance. He must be re-elected.***

Thank you for making that plain, SB.

GO BUSH!

[sanjacjake]

TWO WORDS....WHY?? VOTE FOR DUBYA......SUPREME COURT.

[DameAutour]

You're right sanjacjake, that's a good reason to vote for him. Some people may say that they voted for him last time in the hope of more conservative judges and that hasn't really happened yet, so they won't bother to do it again.

But Bush has been trying to get conservatives judges in position for possible Supreme Court appointments. Who has thwarted him at every turn? CONGRESS.

[Fawnn]

Seniority, or no seniority, I at least know that this isn't MY forum. The forum belongs to Jim, who states what he believes to be our purpose in the 2004 election at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1067935/posts .

My point was that you cannot call it a FReep if what you're doing is anything that is counterproductive to that stated purpose -- regardless of how noble you think your RINO complaints might be.

[Capt. Tom]

I'm off the Republican plantation so far as the Presidential election.

Well the republicans aren't running in the next election. It is the Bushies vs the Socialists.

I'll go with the Bushies. - Tom

[Consort]

It looks like Conservatives have a tendency to cut and run and dilute their own power when they don't get everything they want, when they want it. Right flight gives hope the the Liberals.

[George W. Bush]

Thanks!

Before we shoot, we have to find the target.

The Constitution told us who the target is.

Let the president conduct foreign policy and the military as the Founders intended. Few here have any objection to that. Let him veto or advocate anything he wants as is his duty.

But Congress is the legitimate target on this spending. No need even to fight over Bush. He isn't the one with the power to accomplish his objectives. Congress is. Congress is writing the hot checks. The Constitution says so.

Don't let Rove distract you by turning it into a fight about Bush. Bush is irrelevant to the real fight.

[hoosiermama]

PLEASE MAKE NOTES:

I think I will actually vote for Bush. I'll help him get reelected. If he doesn't change like all you Bushbots say he will then by all means... post your mailing addresses. I'll send you some freshly killed crows for you to feast on for four years of socialist governance.
200 posted on 01/31/2004 11:59:28 AM EST by AuthenticLiberal

[DollyCali]

I'll send you some freshly killed crows for you to feast on for four years of socialist governance. Some of us are vegetarians ....yes, true. Make mine tofu

But conservative is a relative word.. taking in all you share in your post. Please do NOT say FReepers have /has no principles. We all have varied approaches & takes on lots of issues. Most at FR are NOT vegetarians. tis okay - me with them & them with me (I think???) That is the mole hill.

FR is a group with much diversity or religion, race, educational background and age.

We chose our battles for the big issues. The big issue for us NOW is reflecting GWB to assure the security of our country is continued.

Yes, those of us who think he is a great leader and a man of principal (and yes compassion) are not 100% delirious with some of the more liberal trends. What is proposed, is written & passed by congress & SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, might be quite another thing

WE have to put our faith in someone. I put ultimate faith in the God I worship. I put national faith in GWB to do what is right ... (and yes, I didn't always agree with what my parents said growing up, but you know .. they were right)

GWB now has a broader overview & amount of knowledge than you or I.

[kitkat]

***Those who love liberty mustn't throw in the towel but roll up their sleeves and look forward to the long fight against the Left***

Thank you, GSP. You've got it right! GO BUSH!

[hoosiermama]

WHew! There for a while I thought I was in BIG trouble! ;^)

[AuthenticLiberal]

in case you didn't notice, if I vote for him it'll be to watch all of the Bushbots here have to eat crow when Bush announces he wants a $4T budget that eats half of the GNP. But somehow, he'll still be a conservative...

[DameAutour]

"I'll only vote on principles. Unless a candidate is willing to end all foreign aid, the drug war, remove ourselves from the UN, drastically reduce spending, taxes, and the scope of government, then I WON'T vote for him."

At least 75% of the country believes in most if not all of these issues that are so important to you. But they're on the opposite side. This a representative republic, and you're going to get what the country is made of. If you want a change, fight the true socialists, because you better believe they are fighting for what they believe in. Bush is the best this country can elect, RIGHT NOW. Re-electing Bush is a defeat for the socialists, they HATE him. They know how important he is. And they are the ones ruining this country.

I think where the country can do better is in Congress and also in their state governorships and legislatures.

[kitkat]

***Americans had better get out the vote and re-elect George W. Bush as though the fate of the world depended on it!

It does.***

WORTH SAYING AGAIN.