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.

[Trteamer]

I'm still supporting President Bush, but I'll be picketing my state convention before I go in to vote. The GOP needs a good swift boot in the rear, before the election.

[mulligan]

If you are off the GOP reservation and do not vote for President Bush you will probably be looking for more and bigger 9-11's.

That does not make good sense to me. But, only time will tell.

I would prefer to have adults in charge of the nation rather than hateful, angry and spoiled children. Adults = elephants and children = donkeys

[AuthenticLiberal]

But conservative is a relative word

There are at least two conservative factions. Classical Liberals and Social Conservatives. The two are mutually exclusive in the long run. The only thing they can agree on is the left usually has bad ideas.

[Fawnn]

I think we have a bunch of people showing up here who boycotted their proms and still haven't gotten over not getting their way about how to decorate the gym. ;)

[swampfox98]

Good grief, its like talking to a Democrat when Bill Clinton was be-boppiin on Monica.

Do you really expect this country to survive as a free nation, even for the "hard working, law abiding legals", when our politicians refuse to close down the borders and begin to deport those who are here illegally?

I'm telling you, every American is going to pay a heavy price for what the politicians have done. Even the legal immigrants.

[goodnesswins]

QUESTION: What percent of Americans who will vote in Nov 2004 do you think are CONSERVATIVES?

[beckysueb]

That would be the best alternative. Vote the dems into oblivion and tell the pubs ok now either shape up or ship out.

[hoosiermama]

Hey! I've eaten, squirrel, possum (the other white meat), bear, venison, rattle snake and a few wild turkey....I'm game!yuck! yuck! Can I have a little BBQ sauce on the side and a slice of onion?

But am holding you to the vote!

[kitkat]

***I'm at the point where I believe gridlock would be a better mode of governance.***

There is ALWAYS gridlock. Even with a Republican House, Senate and White House, there is gridlock. The Republicans have to satisfy the voters back home. Can you say PORK? Can you say SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS?

With the Dems in control of Congress, it will be impossible to save this country from socialism. Do you want Hillary Care?

[DollyCali]

I would suggest that conservative is not slotted or two groupings or a dozen.

I would suggest it is a continuum. We all are on some point of the continuum.

[George W. Bush]

I'm still supporting President Bush, but I'll be picketing my state convention before I go in to vote.

Works for me. I don't believe we can change the outcome of Bush's re-election anyway. I don't advocate going third-party or being a stay-home. But if I don't find a conservative somewhere on my own ballot (state/local), I might since I live in an all-Red state.

I don't want Bush out of the White House. I want a conservative Congress. Smaller government, less spending, the classic conservative position.

[hoosiermama]

Yeah I organized our and we made money on it.....Go figure!

[kitkat]

***"We shall not tire, we shall not falter, we shall not fail." GWB***

Your personal experience with terrorism has brought you to the TRUTH. And thank you for letting us know about it.

[DollyCali]

Sorry HMama.. I know from your posts on this thread you are not anti-GWB.

I was just TOO lazy to copy, paste or type all the NEGATIVE names...

And I am being honest enough to tell you

Now I have to go out in Ohio's yukky weather (below zero) in crust topped snow & walk my pooch whose tail is awagging & who needs - along with me - the exercise)

Now HM.. you & everyone else be good! *G*

Might check in later but going to concert later & need to try to look decent!

(BTW - yukky foods you have eaten !)

See Bush bashers.. we who will vote for GWB do NOT agree on everything!

[George W. Bush]

I'm just saying the obvious: we need to remember all the legal immigrants and have some care that we aren't perceived as anti-Mexican. I'm not. I'm for orderly immigration. We need immigration. It's how it will be done that is the question.

But I ain't your daddy and I'm not scolding you. But some other posts on the illegals problem seem to ignore the legal immigrants that we need to have.

[kitkat]

***I have been off the plantation for a long time. I am looking real hard at the Constitution Party.***

Los of Luck. I hope you enjoy Hillary Care.

[Glenn]

With the Dems in control of Congress

We were talking presidential elections. Who said anything about the Dems being in control of congress?

[swampfox98]

Tearing things down. Oh, give me strength.

We have such a thing as laws in this country. Agree? Agreed. We have an immigration policy. Agree? Agreed. Our politicians are idiots because they have let this problem go on far too long. Agree? Agreed.

I'll give you some answers, you can call it "tearing down" if you want to.

Withdraw all benefits from illegals. Jail any business person who knowingly hires illegals. Began a deportation of those who are here illegally, and give our states back to their rightful owners, the citizens.

[goodnesswins]

"...but I have enough intellectual honesty to understand and appreciate that politics involves compromise, team playing, and diplomacy."

YES, you do (have intellecutal honesty) ...Fawn....AND, some of us here recognize that politics is a CHESS GAME, also.

[kitkat]

I don't know anything about you, goldstategop, except for your political views, and

I think I love you.