In your posts I see the kind of attitude and enthusiasm and principle that we need to accomplish all you say.
Amen!
In all honesty, I've been frustrated as all git out by this Adminsitration's swerves to the Left on all-too-many domestic issues, but still have a genuine respect fer Dubyuh and believe he has a conservative core to which we can appeal. The thing is, I believe he is so focused on winning this War on Terror that he is willing to listen to his more Milquetoast Moderate advisors on domestic policy when they tell him that he needs to move to the Left to win next November. Personally, I think that's horrible advice becuz it makes him look like he's got no conservative principles that he is unwilling to violate. Even when Reagan was forced to compromise his principles, I at least got the feeling that he knew what was the correct path to take, but simply knew that he would be unable to achieve it with the DemonRATS controlling both houses of Congress. My biggest frustration with Dubyuh has been that he often sets a Leftist course to outflank the Lib'rals and it undercuts the conservatives principles that shaped the GOP and made the differences in the parties so blatantly obvious.
No wonder the Conservative Base of the GOP feels betrayed!! But lately it appears that the message might be getting through to Dubyuh as he's come out with a proposal to limit growth in discretionary spending to 1% next year and then set out a list of 128 programs that are to be ended or gutted in the upcoming budget. This is a very good start in the right direction, IMHO.
FReegards...MUD