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"If that's really the thinking in the White House, they shouldn't be surprised if the President does lose in November. Should that happen, its not the end of the world. Gridlock would be preferable to a President pushing a socialist agenda through a Republican Congress under the euphemism of "compassionate conservatism."

I'm convinced that's the thinking of the White House. The illegal alien amnesty proves it. He knew conservatives would be outraged, and didn't care. There's a pattern here, not just isolated events. He wants the vast amorphous middle and isn't concerned about the edges, and he probably thinks that he never really had a conservative base. Of course, you have to ask yourself, what about his principles? I'd rather not have to answer that one.

As for gridlock, there's a lot to be said for it, considering what we've seen as the alternative. It's obvious now that Compassionate Conservatism simply means buying votes and pandering to anyone that they think can be bought.

Unless we threaten dire action, such as staying home in November, then we have no control or influence over our party. Unfortunately, if what I believe is true, then we conservatives have no control or influence regardless. And to think that people where upset at Bush 41! He was a model of conservatism compared to GWB.

Disclaimer: I'm not recommending staying home on November 2.

Will everybody please remember that the immigration thoughts put out there by Pres. Bush is a PROPOSAL?

In case you're worried about how far it will go, Hastert has announced it will be DOA when it hits the House.

But it has gotten people talking about our growing problem, for the first time in 30 years.

I wish I had the URL's to Sabertooth's reasoned approach to solving immigration with some very innovative ideas. I actually copied out several of them and his arguments for them and wrote them in a letter to the White House. That's how much I think he has some approaches that are workable.

Second, if you hate amnesty, wait until you see what a Democrat President will do to ya. Every one of them, repeat, EVERY ONE of the (D) candidates for President, are in favor of amnesty. They will make every illegal already here, a US citizen, and if you think our borders are overrun now, wait until you see it after one of the (D)candidates takes office in the WH. (God forbid. Phhhfffft! Pitouie. Splat. Argggh, Gag. Choke. Air, I need air.)

Staying home and not voting for Pres. Bush is not an option to my mind.

One word. Islamofascists.

Islamofascists who still want to see us dead, murdered, mained, nuked, ricin'ed to death or anything they can possibly make happen.

I am typing this on a day when flights to the US are again canceled for fear of terrorists getting onboard and blowing them up near a building or turning them into missiles and flying them into our buildings.

Here's the thing.

Who is going to finish the War on Terror?

Pres. John Botox Kerry? Not a chance.

Pres. Sue'em All Edwards? You have to be kidding me.

Given the War on Terror, the only person we can vote for in November is/has to be Pres. Bush.

Everything else - the deficit, social plans, education, has to become background noise.

We, as voters, don't make any statement by staying home.

We don't send any signal by voting for some 3rd party candidate.

All we do with any of those approaches is allow some Dim-witted Democrat to take office and then, we really get to see how much they hate America, how they will pull the troops home, go to the UN for permission to breath and the whole probem with terrorists becomes a bad joke. They, the terrorists will have free reign to do whatever they want. Home security, when they're flaming globalists, doesn't matter. (Remember all the attacks by bin Laden during Clinton's horrible 8 years in office, and the "no response"? Gave binnie courage to come here, because we didn't fight him over there.)

Another thing (among many, but I need to leave for work) is, do you like how your 401K looks like right now? Like how you're making money in the stock market again? Kiss them both Goodbye if a Dem. is elected. No growth, no economic incentives, rolling back the tax cuts, businesses will get killed just as they are ready to expand and hire people. The country will most likely slide right back into the recession that it is just recovering from.

I don't mean to hit and run but I need to get ready to leave for work.

I will check back in, but later.