Conservatives Contemplate Electoral Hari-kiri

FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | 2/27/04 | Michael Reagan

[billbears]

How about OSHA, etc.?

That would be another good place to start. Along with the FCC, HUD, etc. Dept. of Education would probably be the first if a conservative were elected as that is the most noticable and been under the gun for the longest.

[185JHP]

Classic Billy Joel: "Don't forget your second wind! Wait in your corner until that ol' breeze blows in!" [slight paraphrase]

[Texasforever]

Congress cannot overturn an EO. Only the courts or the sitting president can do that.

[nopardons]

And some EOs can NOT even be undone by the sitting president,as was the case, when President Bush attempted to undo some of Clinton's EOs...more's the pity.

[nopardons]

OSHA would be far easier to get rid of, first,than the Dept. of Ed.!

[gatorbait]

Congress cannot overturn an EO. Only the courts or the sitting president can do that.

You're right..

[gatorbait]

What departments do I want to see eliminated? Let's try for just ONE - Education - any complaints?

I was under the impression Reagan ws going to shut this thing down.You mean to tell me he did not?

[Texasforever]

Most of the land grabs by Clinton were not even "EOs" they were monument declarations under the Antiquities Act and not subject to another president’s rescission.. However that doesn't stop all the "constitutional scholars" on FR from insisting that Bush could have overturned them.

[nopardons]

Yes, I know. *sigh*

Facts are subjective, as far as they're concerned, or just don't matter an iota. They want what they want when they want it and like the small children they emulate, they need an education.

[Fledermaus]

I have a few arguments with his numbers. If I'm wrong, I'm glad. First, Arizona. My search showed only 86,762 in the Dem primary in 2000. We agreed on the 2004 number.

Also, he compared Oklahoma to 1992. In 2000 the Dems had 132,847 and in 2004 302,169 in that state. So his comparison to 1992 isn't valid.

Yes, there were fewer in NM, ND and DC. Big deal. Those Dems are going to vote for any Dem regardless of who gets nominated.

[Al Simmons]

"It sure hit something with him, I'm not sure it was a nerve though. His post could be interpreted that he is mad at the President's stance on Gay "marriage". I could be wrong though."

You are DEAD wrong. Mike Reagan has talked about being molested by a man when he was young. He has NO love lost for Soddomites.

[Texasforever]

I wasn't talking about Mike.

[WhiteGuy]

I was under the impression Reagan ws going to shut this thing down.You mean to tell me he did not?

No................

As a matter of fact our government, led by teddy "keg" kennedy passed the largest increase in spending in the history of the department last year!

[Melas]

If same-sex marriage is instituted, with all that would inevitably follow -- polygamy, polyandry, incest, group marriage, bestiality -- then it won't matter if we win the War on Terror.

Polygamy includes polyandry. If you want to be gender specific, it's polygyny and polyandry.

[Sabertooth]

Thanks for the correction; I'll modify the list.

[Final Authority]

Fledermaus is correct with respect to NH. If every Democrat turned out there would not be the turnout that was registered. In my town more than 75% are registered as I or independent as there is no independent party we can cross over and vote in any primary and re-register the same day as Independent. It is also true that the "I" voter cannot be counted on to vote lockstep with the Republican party come November. I believe GWB will have a tough time in NH. He won by fewer votes last time than Nader received. Bad news for GWB this time around since Soros and others are spending a ton of money to educate the liberals to this fact and to keep them from voting Nader. Also, there is extreme pressure to cause the vote to be fraudulent to a greater extent this time as well. Most of the small towns use paper ballots with optical tabulators which is near impossible to foul up except of course with ballot stuffing but in the cities, old voting machines are used where ballot stuffing is quite easy. I hope the RNC pays for full time precinct monitors in areas where such trouble is likely.

[Heatseeker]

I believe GWB will have a tough time in NH.

I agree. Ditto with Ohio and Missouri.

[Lancey Howard]

In recent weeks my conservative listeners have been talking about the same things Kerry and Edwards have been talking about. They’re talking about jobs even though the unemployment rate is only 5.6 percent.

Presumably, the only people who care mightily about "jobs" are people who don't have one or can't find one. This is 5.6 percent. Of those, how many morons blame Bush? Okay, go crazy and presume half of them. That boils down to a fairly small percentage of voters, and it certainly shouldn't be any different than any other election year. In fact, at only 5.6 percent, "jobs" should be less of an issue.

Except, of course, the liberal newsrooms fully intend to help their DNC masters MAKE it an issue. But they can only do that if the Republicans play ball by getting defensive and thereby helping keep the non-issue alive the way they did the Democrats' "Bush was AWOL" hoax.

[azGOPgal]

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