Posted on 08/17/2004 11:55:44 AM PDT by rface
Bucks county is affluent, that's true. This is where New Hope is located, the artsy community of gays and leftist "intellectuals", now pseudo Republicans. Michener and Pearl Buck lived there.
Try this http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php but they only have this election cycle.
Count me as one of them!
but isn't that a bit politically self-serving since the end result could be a Kerry presidency...
Isn't it politically suicidal to reward a party that ignores you? What incentive will Republicans have to return to conservative ways?
knowing full well the danger such a presidency would place our country in.
What could be more dangerous than the current situation, where BOTH parties are destroying our country with unchecked immigration, big government and tyrannical laws like the PATRIOT Act?
People died to give us our right to vote,
Which is why I won't waste mine on a Republicrat like Bush!
Can our country survive two more Ruth Vader Ginsberg type justices...let alone the one who currently serves a life term?
That's what a Republican majority in the Senate is for.
"We were misled during the Vietnam War ... and they're misleading us now," said Renschler"
This is the hypnosis of the Far left at work here. Only Kerry and his camp claim America was misled in Iraq. I am so tired of hearing we were misled. The only misleading is being done by the left misleading america into thinking that GW is a bad president. There were WMD's, Saddam evil, We were right to go to war.... What is the misled statement all about... Too many people watching Michael Moore movies. I think Michael Moore should be brought up on charges of sedition.
I agree .. just being a registered republican does not guarantee the person supports the repub policies. And .. any republican who votes for Carter - IS NOT A REPUBLICAN.
Don't forget presidents use executive orders (remember Clinton) to get what they want!
As to spending...when you fight a war you spend money, sorry,that's the way it is!
Only you are confused Franky. Kerry IS for gay marriage. You may be confused by his obfuscation and flip flops.
Any Republican who was foolish enough to vote for Jimmy Carter is better off in the other party.
Lifelong Republican voting for Carter - that must be a lie! There is not such a thing, besides - maybe she was with Kerry in Vietnam! LOL
"I'm a moderate Republican, but I don't think our administration is currently moderate. It's extremely conservative. Kerry is a moderate Democrat."
What planet has she been living on? She's obviously a Liberal and merely defines 'moderate' as someone who agrees with her.
"Depends... I like to think of myself as fiscally conservative and you can imagine in that respect Bush has a been a huge failure. Upsetting to no end really."
I don't believe we ever had anything more than a "projected surplus" with Klinton, you cannot have a true surplus with the national debt continuing to rise as it was everytime I checked. Bush now has to face huge war costs while at the same time we are locked into spending increases mandated by past actions of both parties and the social security mess is beyond repair in my opinion.
In the era of Watergate and Vietnam, the lifelong Republican gave his support to Jimmy Carter. Today, nearly three decades later, Renschler finds himself again mistrusting the government and hating what he contends has become a quagmire of a war.
If the numbskull voted for Carter the caterer hes not a lifelong Republican !
Dontcha just love lieing wishy washy humans ?
Daryl might want to ponder a moment as to how big a mistake he made in 1976. Heck, this year was the first time since 1980 that the 'Rats have allowed Jimmy Carter to speak at their convention. Two dozens years of shameful banishment at the hands of his own!
Today, nearly three decades later, Renschler finds himself again mistrusting the government...
Daryl mistrusts government so decides the fix is in giving power to the party that will only further increase the size and power of government? Duh!
Normally, a war unites a country. This one split it.
Daryl might want to ask himself why this war split our country. Could it be that the 'Rats have worked countless hours of overtime to ensure that our country is split?
Daryl, you're a dope.
I respect your opinion, albeit sadly. My own thoughts on the Republican Party leaning off the Conservative track is not betrayal but an effort to become entrenched as the Majority. This requires concessions to attract some of their voter base away from them. This has worked to some degree to the point where they have no real issues to stand on. With a greater majority in the House and Senate AND a President who won't loom as a veto threat...the Republican Party could achieve some REAL fiscal reform and address urgent issues.
This wont work if Republicans cut the legs off their party. The Immigration issue is no small fix. The numbers are quite large of suspected illegals already in our borders. To remove this huge group would be quite expensive both financially and from admin/enforcement costs. The economy probably couldnt survive the sudden loss of their productivity. Just saying our own unemployed would fill those jobs is dishonest at best which is why you have to be realistic not just venting anger. The real solution will be both complex and costly so knee jerk reactions to thinking the President is ignorant of our border problems is absurd.
The Majority in the Senate that you boldly profess will keep Kerry and his ilk from getting more Ruth Vader types onto the Supreme Court Bench is tenuous at best. The Democrats are fully infiltrated by Liberals and in case you didnt notice...they have a "win at all costs strategy" to get their power back.
The threat is very real not illusory and if you really want to turn your back on an opportunity to restore the Country we all once knew then may you have peace of mind when the results roll in on Nov. 2nd.
Rich Republican WOMEN will defect to Kerry, just as they did for Gore. Most affluent Republican men I know are still pulling the lever for Bush. The 2000 election exit polls in Bucks and other affluent suburban counties in the NE and Midwest showed that it was the women in these counties that went heavily for Gore, while the men still went for Bush (women outnumber us on election day you know).
Maybe if Bush puts in more appearances at an Oakland County "lifestyle mall" (you know, the ones with Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware), the "ladies who lunch" will view him more favorably.
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