[Semper Paratus]

The 'Stupid" Party is being called out.

[Jeff Chandler]

This article expresses my sentiments exactly. I have no respect for a party that won't stand up for itself. The memo gate issue is a case in point. The cowardly pubbies were handed a sword, which they handed back to the rats, who stuck it in and twisted with relish.

I will remain an Independent until the Republicans grow gonads.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I don't consider editors as journalists.

[Sunshine Sister]

Very well said. Where in the world are the Republicans?

[Spok]

Extremely timely and accurate. The RNC has to realize that the press is essentially an extension of the DNC and our message, no matter how good it sounds, has to see the light of day. The distortions and omissions of the mainstream press have to be pointed out or they'll go unnoticed. Conservatives need a Truth Campaign as badly, if not worse, than GWB needs a re-election campaign.

[iceskater]

Well said.

I'm beginning to think it starts at the state and local level. We have a dem. governor who failed in two previous tries to get tax increases through and finally he has succeeded. The repubs here totally got played by this carpetbagger.

If they aren't going to stand up for principles at the state level, why one earth would they do it at the federal level?

[Cicero]

It's certainly annoying, but yelling doesn't do much good. Clinton dealt with the press by ensuring that any reporter who attacked him was fired, but using the regulatory agencies to lean on the boss. And most of the bosses were on clinton's side already.

In other words, what we need is not yelling, to make us feel good, but actions. I fault Bush and the Republicans not for failing to yell loud enough, which would only feed the media canard that Republicans are vicious partisans, but for failing to take necessary actions.

They should weed the clintonoids out of the administration. They should do more to reward their friends and crush their enemies. Why are people like Bob Woodward allowed anywhere near the White House? Why does Bush continue to give interviews to his worst enemies? And why on earth did Bush support that jackel Specter?

Newt Gingrich, despite the wonderful things he did in his earlier career, fell for the illusion that speaking out loudly helps the conservative cause. It doesn't. It's getting things done that counts. He got things done for a couple of years, and then he became little but a shrill voice whom the media could use to discredit the conservative cause.

[Outraged]

I would like to take this moment to thank Trent Lott for caving into Tom Daschle during impeachment. This effort in cowardice allowed the perception that "it is all about sex" to falsely corroborate in favor of someone who by all truth should have been removed and disgraced. Trent Lott and his RINO accomplices have made it possible for the bar to be lowered and the truth to be hidden.

[cyncooper]

But we’ve also learned that the “wall” was constructed during the Clinton administration by deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick

Gee, and how did we learn this?

Why, I believe it was via John Ashcroft.

I love Brent, but he needs to get a grip.

[mtbopfuyn]

The GOP doesn't have to do much to win this race, but with the leftist media going crazy, they should at the least take up for itself. Kerry will implode long before Nov. so he's not a concern but by Nov. the RATS will have slung so much garbage at Bush he may not be able to have a successful 2nd term and the public will have no choice but turn to the dark side in '08. Just a little setting the record straight now will do wonders for the long haul.

[tnlibertarian]

Are you the party of fiscal conservatism?

Uh, no.

[Shazolene]

The GOP needs a decent PR firm. They need to do a better job of defining and expresing their positions. And because the press is so biased, they need to come up with some creative 'events' to encourage enhanced coverage. Reagan was good at this. Clinton was good at it, and since the press loved him anyway (and he loved the camera), we saw TOO MUCH of him. A bit more of W and the other GOP 'leaders' (cough, cough) would be welcome -- even to the 'moderates' I bet.

However, I'm not going to hold my breath. I have been thinking and saying this for years. I don't know what the problem is, but it is there and seems insurmountable.

[OESY]

Bozell makes some excellent points. I had hoped that the Specter-Toomey race would have brought certain Republicans back onto the farm, but I read in the Times today that Specter is quoted saying: "I intend to retain my independent voice....The people of Pennsylvania have not elected me to be a rubber stamp."

The article goes on to say that although Specter intended to work for Bush's reelection, he believed that he could give the president "greater credibility" by disagreeing with him, and that "I don't give anyone a blank check, including the president of the United States." He opposes the GOP on tax cuts, school vouchers and the minimum wage. This all despite the help he got from Bush and Santorum in squeaking out his recent victory in GOP primaries where he would not have won without crossover Democrats, Bush and Santorum, plus some political calculus.

While it's too easy to say we get the government we deserve when Republicans walk away and become independents or don't vote, this really should be taken as a call to arms. It was GOP voting abstinence that gave us Bill Clinton and Gray Davis, and could give us John Kerry.

[Gritty]

The "new tone" in Washington sounds just like the old tone.