Posted on 12/03/2004 7:34:52 PM PST by RWR8189
Me---This Texan, ascared, them's fightin' words in these parts!!!! HaHa--
Not scared so much as worried that the little weasel, Reid has been sitting and watching how the Reps have done things and has (unlike some dumb dems) figured out some things. He even invoked the name of Karl Rove when he said that he knew they needed changes to combat "the architect".
We just can't let our guards down, or let up pressure on the legislators to push for Bush's agenda. Since Bush is a lame duck, some of the Reps will be more worried about re-election than pushing for the reforms that Bush wants done.
yThe RATS will underestimate the publics want for for conservaive judges and lose even more seats in 2006.
Unless the Rangers EVER make it to the World Series. Sigh. Never mind. (I can always dream....)
I come from a "blue collar" working class family. Traditionally Democrat, or so they used to be. My parents would fall into the classification of "Reagan Democrats", though the days of voting for Democrats has ceased. As such, I used to favor the Democratic Party.
The exception was Clinton. My first year of eligibility to vote, I voted for Dole. Over 10 years later and the Party is only beginning to have the first stirrings of consciousness over how detrimental that man was to their majority rule. I have a soft spot for Zell. I understand the disappointment behind his fury over what has occured to the Party he belongs to. I still carry a sense of betrayal from when youthful ideal crashed with reality. I resent the current royaled Democrat echelon, and what they have made of the Party my grandparents believed in.
G.W. wasn't the first Republican Presidential candidate that received my vote as consequence of the Clinton years, he is the first Republican President I was of an age and mindset to take fully to heart. I consider him family. Which means sometimes he'll infuriate me, sometimes he'll fill my heart with pride. LOL I love the soul of this man and share in his vision.
Usually I cringe at change. It is unusual I would embrace it in the enthusiastic manner I have, but times are notably historic. I look upon my time in this period as a gift.
If one can take a moment of quiet to reflect, the signs of massive ideological, economical, geographical, political, and spiritual re-alignments are all around us. Really quite breathtaking. And our President has played, arguably, the greatest role in softening the climate so these movements can have room to spread.
Thank you. :-)
The Rangers will get there before the Nationals. Of that, you may be certain.
I am ready baby!
Fred Barnes is an Episcopalian.
I hope you mean an EX. like me!??!
bttt
I appreciate Fred Barnes. Must agree that he doesn't always speak as definitively as others, but he has a good mind and I believe his political heart is in the right place.
Krauthammer is fabulous. I will never forget the night he took johnnie edwards apart for saying people in wheelchairs would walk if skerry became president. Powerful stuff. I got chills when he explained that the implantation of embryonic stem cells can cause malignancy -- and that numerous doctors/scientists aren't interesting in using them for that reason. Monstrous dims and the MSM don't find it necessary to tell the truth about that. I'm glad he did.
It was riveting to hear him speak about how "cruel" it is that edwards (and others) are spreading "false hopes" that embryonic stem cell research is close to providing cures for paralysis. The passion and resentment in his voice were completely justified. Because as we all know, the man knows of what he speaks.
Thanks for the encouragement!
When W was on owner of the Rangers, he would sit in the stands just off homeplate. Not in a fancy suite. Not looking on from some lofty box. Between home and first where he could feel the game. That is the kind of man he is.
Have to beg to differ. Both great presidents, but Reagan was more conservative than W.
Some of us here believe that.You're in good company...welcome to FR! :-)
Very well said Soul Seeker.
Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on disallowing overseas military abortions. (May 1999)
Opposed by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
I know more about Bush than Reagan. If as you say Reagan was better...I surly missed knowing a great man, didn't I?
I love it when I can show how much I admire Bush and not be called every cuss word in the book.
I've done a lot of praying for all the cuss words I used defending Bush and America against people who truly hate and despise both he and our country.
This country is filled with evil in the things they would say about him and poor Laura. She never did anything but that didn't stop them from calling her the crudest names.
President Bush may even more conservative now that he never has to face the voters again. And that would upset what passes for establishment Washington. To rephrase an old term about another scrappy President, "Give 'em hell, George!" seems appropriate here.
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