I always thought the 3% were 'Log Cabin' Republicans (is that a double-entendre, or what?)...Chesty Puller said it best.
"There's ALWAYS some poor dumb bastard who doesn't get the word."
The single biggest, and most significant issue at stake this fall is who will appoint the next Supreme Court justices.
Oh, where to start with this leftist limey loon? First, he's wrong on Quemoy and Matsu. Ike didn't shell Chiang Kai-shek (see below). The rest of the piece is about as flawed.
The First Taiwan Straits Crisis, 11 August 1954 - 01 May 1955
During the First Taiwan Straits Crisis the Peoples Liberation Army launched heavy artillery attacks on the offshore island of Quemoy after the US lifted its blockade of Taiwan, making possible Nationalist attacks on mainland China. The Truman Administration had resisted calls by hard-liners to "unleash Chiang Kai-shek." But shortly after his inauguration, on 02 February 1953 President Eisenhower lifted the US Navy blockade of Taiwan which had prevented Chiang's force from attacking mainland China. During August 1954 Chiang moved 58,000 troops to Quemoy & 15,000 to Matsu. Zhou En-lai declared on 11 August 1954 that Taiwan must be liberated. On 17 August 1954 the US warned China against action against Taiwan, but on 03 September 1954 the Communists began an artillery bombardment of Quemoy, and in November, PLA planes bombed the Tachen Islands. On 12 September 1954 the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) recommended the possibility of using nuclear weapons against China. And on 23 November 1954 China sentenced 13 US airmen shot down over China in the Korean War to long jail terms, prompting further consideration of nuclear strikes against China. Despite domestic political pressure, President Eisenhower refused to bomb mainland China or use of American troops to resolve the crisis. At the urging of Senator Knowland, the United States signed the Mutual Defense Treaty with the Nationalist government on Taiwan on 02 December 1954.
On 18 January 1955 mainland Chinese forces seized Yijiangshan [Ichiang] Island, 210 miles north of Formosa and, completely wiping out the ROC forces stationed there. The two sides continued fighting on Kinmen, Matsu, and along the mainland Chinese coast. The fighting even extended to mainland Chinese coastal ports. The US-Nationalist Chinese Mutual Security Pact, which did not apply to islands along the Chinese mainland, was ratified by the Senate on 09 February 1955. The Formosa Resolution passed both houses of Congress on 29 January 1955. The Resolution pledged the US to the defense of Taiwan, authorizing the president to employ American forces to defend Formosa and the Pescadores Island against armed attack, including such other territories as appropriate to defend them.
On 15 February 1955 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill advised against US atomic defence of Quemoy-Matsu. But on 10 March 1995 US Secretary of State Dulles at a National Security Council (NSC) meeting states that the American people have to be prepared for poissible nuclear strikes against China. Five days later Dulles publicly stated that the US was seriously considering using atomic weapons in the Quemoy-Matsu area. And the following day President Eisenhower publicly stated that "A-bombs can be used...as you would use a bullet." These public statements sparked an international uproar, and NATO foreign ministers opposed atomic attack on China. Nonetheless, on 25 March 1955 US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Robert B. Carney stated that the president is planning "to destroy Red China's military potential," predicting war by mid-April.
On 23 April 1995 China stated at the Afro-Asian Conference that it was ready to negotiate on Taiwan, and on 01 May 1955 shelling of Quemoy-Matsu ceased, ending the crisis. On 01 August 1955 China released the 11 captured US airmen previously sentenced to jail terms.
In the first Taiwan Strait crisis of 1954-55 the USSR had been quite ambiguous in its support for China's campaign to "liberate" Taiwan, whereas the United States had indicated that it was willing to use tactical nuclear weapons in defense of the island. During the crisis, it became evident that the USSR was not going to be drawn into a war with the United States that was not of its own choosing, and the PRC called off its military operations against Quemoy. The PRC could claim a limited victory because Chinese Nationalist troops had withdrawn from Tachen Island during the previous month.
Even as the crisis ended, however, the Nationalists began to reinforce Quemoy and Matsu, and the PRC began to build up its military capabilities across the strait.
Source (with maps): http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/quemoy_matsu.htm
A number of Republicans will probably vote Kerry this year because they fear that a second Bush term might actually put a dent in their precious, precious "abortion rights."
There is an interesting thing it the LA Slimes most recent poll. About 3% of Republicans are for Kerry yet 14% of 'Rats favor Bush. Assuming that the number of people who identify themselves as a D or R is approximately the same, that would mean that Bush is ahead of Kerry.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199664/posts?page=159#159
and I would wager that those 3% lied about their political affiliation...hmmmmmmmm
OK, now I'm lost. Can anyone explain to me how ANY Republican can support this Kerry bum?? Even the most deluded people I know can't state a lucid case for backing this guy.
And that goes for "RINO's" too!
bump TO SUPPORT THE NEW SWIFT VETS AD AND GEORGE BUSH... http://swift2.he.net/~swift2/gardner2.mpg
I always thought the 3% were 'Log Cabin' Republicans (is that a double-entendre, or what?)... We probably wouldn't have had a Republican House if the country hadn't elected Clinton, but look what Clinton did to make our country unsafe for eight years.
His analysis only makes sense if the opposition party in the US is a moderate one like Labour in the UK. The Democrats have become a party of Teddy and Hillary. In 2008, Republicans will have Rudy, McCain and other moderates running. Ferguson's analysis is very faulty, to say the least.
Republicans voting for Kerry = (2+2=5)
They're not Republicans.