[Asclepius]

I would crawl through a pit filled with sand vipers to vote for President Bush. Do I agree with him always? No.

[PhiKapMom]

This doesn't mean that conservatives will agree with everything the president says or does in the future. We'll agree with him when he's right, urge him to change course when we believe he's wrong and work as hard as we have to to make sure he's there to listen to us for another four years.

Moreover, even those few with lingering doubts about whether he will be able to deliver as much as they'd like in his second term know that Kerry is not the answer to anyone's prayers. Ideologically, stylistically and in every other way, the Democratic nominee is just the guy to get conservative juices flowing.

So the president's political coalition is in pretty good shape, and certainly in far better shape than that on which his opponent will have to depend. Ralph Nader, the spoiler out there, is not a conservative but a nutty liberal who thinks the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate should be rejected by Democrats as not liberal enough.

These three paragraphs from the article say it all -- shame some Freepers don't understand what this election is all about and persist in their "I am staying home because . . .!" Obviously the President of the ACU, David Keene, understands it perfectly! Please throw this in anyone's face that tries to tell you that they are not going to vote or vote 3rd Party because President Bush isn't conservative enough! ACU is a very conservative group with conservatives members from around the Country. Obviously they are not the purist, however, that we seem to have on here from time to time that spout their rhetoric! Am I disgusted at the naysayers that threaten to stay home and help elect Kerry -- you bet I am! My mini rant for today!

[jwalsh07]

I'd like to shove this down Bob Novaks throat.

But he is an old guy, so in lieu of that I'll email it to him.

[NeoCaveman]

There was no talk of a primary protest against the current president this year for the simple reason that, while we might oppose such things as his Medicare prescription drug program and believe he could do far more to cut government spending, few believe he's abandoned us or the principles we like to believe we represent. No president is perfect, but most conservatives believe that this is one who deserves another term.

I totally agree with David Keene.

The media loves to create a story of "anger on the right" if this was anything more than media wishful thinking there would actually have been a primary challenger, which there was not.

[Brad’s Gramma]

THIS household is voting for President Bush!

[Salvation]

**Perhaps someone should be distributing a few pages of what Nader thinks about Kerry.**

LOL!

Good suggestion!

[x]

Clearly the President has his base that feels passionately for him. But just how large a base is it? How large does it compare with the hard-core support of previous Republican candidates? And how many Republicans will turn out in November?

I don't have numerical evidence, but I suspect some long-term Republicans have been turned off by Iraq. In the end the loss will probably be off-set by new voters and converts who support Bush for national security reasons.

There are currents of voters flowing this way and that over time. So current developments can be put in a historical context -- the falling off of Republican votes in some former Republican strongholds in the North, increased GOP support among Southerners and evangelicals, and now perhaps a modest post 9-11 swell for Bush that may offset some of the earlier loss of GOP votes since Reagan.

[Common Tator]

When many of us concluded prior to the 1972 elections that President Nixon had forfeited his claim to conservative support, conservatives ran a protest candidate against him in New Hampshire.

I hate it when conservative writers write untruths to support a position. They must think we are as ignorant of history as they are.

The bigest popular vote victory of the 20th century was won by Richard Nixon in 1972. Nixon won 60.7 percent to McGovern's 37.4 percent.

As a contrast Reagan in 1984 defeated Mondale by 58.77 to 40.56 percent.

If Conservatives were mad at Nixon in 1972 you couldn't tell it by reading the election returns. Nixon won every state except Taxachusetts in 1972.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[BigSkyFreeper]

Last week, the Democratic National Committee began distributing several pages of quotes from conservatives critical of President Bush on a variety of fronts and suggesting to the media that the fact that we don't agree with the man on everything all of the time is evidence of real weakness in his base.

This would explain that "horse hockey" months ago that the Democrats were saying when they said something to the effect of "The Conservative base is fragmented".

[PGalt]

Outstanding President. Terrific Administration. Defeat the domestic enemies. Vote.

[swheats]

LSU gave rousing applause on several occasions today.

[kayak]

Bookmarked and bumped.

[Nephi]

Bush Can Count On the Right

Too bad the right can't count on Bush.

[MEG33]

FYI

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Bookmarked. Thanks for the ping/post.

[JOE43270]

George W. Bush has my vote and will everytime he needs it.

[Mo1]

Perhaps someone should be distributing a few pages of what Nader thinks about Kerry

I have a feeling Nader already distributed a few pages on his own

[WFTR]

For any conservatives who find that they just can't support the president, I urge that they not just stay home. Even if you can't or just don't want to vote for President Bush, please come to the polls on election day and cast your vote. Regardless of your presidential votes, there will be conservatives down the ticket who need support. We need to elect as many conservative Republicans to Congress as possible. We need to elect conservative Republicans in state legislatures and even local offices.

Even if you must vote for that guy running for Howard Philips's party, another vote against Kerry and Nader says good things about the direction of the country. On election night, the media will make a big deal of the popular vote if the totals for Kerry and Nader are greater than the total for President Bush. If total of votes for the president and for conservative third parties is equal to or greater than the total for liberal parties, the media will have less of a case.

Defining Personal Responsibility
Bill

[Bullish]

What choice do we really have?

Bush, or an absolute buffoon from the party of loons.