Posted on 04/26/2005 4:19:34 PM PDT by FeeinTennessee
For The GOP, A Warning By Vincent Fiore April 25, 2005
These days, it's hard to tell just who the majority party in Washington really is. But according to the last several national elections, Republicans have won the House, the Senate, and the presidency. As Bush begins his second term with increased majorities in both House and Senate chambers, it seems that the more power Republicans garner via the voters, the less resolve and political courage they display.
If you believe you sense the beginnings of a commentary that may be less than complimentary to the GOP, trust your instincts--you are right. This space is usually filled with anything but hyperventilating rants, as I leave the more exercised and vituperative prose for the posses of the Bush-hating left.
But even dormant volcanoes erupt once in a great while, and normally ground-in-fact writers can otherwise show the occasional adverse effects of frustration.
As Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to move ever-so-stealthily to the right on most every issue that is of consequence, Republicans cannot seem to find their proper voice on nearly anything.
Not just Hillary--though she stands out for the obvious reason of her future presidential run in 2008--but the entire Democratic Party. Like Hillary, the Democratic Party has acted like something they're not, and that is the majority party in Washington.
Sure, Democrats cannot muster the votes to pass their own legislation, but they do a more than credible job on blocking President Bush's agenda. Some of the success of Democrats can be chalked up to incidental events, like the always-helpful op-ed pages of the mainstream media, along with high gasoline prices and low stock market performances.
But the primary reason for the Democratic Party's success to date is its ability to adhere to partisan discipline and unity, and the GOP's unwillingness to engage them as a majority party.
Early successes aside, like the class action tort reform bill and the more recent Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005, the Republican-led Congress has had one oar in the water most of the time.
From the alleged wrong-doing of House majority leader Tom Delay, to the botched job of touting Social Security reform, to the breathtaking lack of clamorous support for United Nations nominee John Bolton, Republicans--as a party--have not done nearly enough to refute liberal propaganda and obstructionists actions.
Republicans in Congress have done a wretched job at protecting and supporting the president with regard to Social Security reform. Senate members have been capricious in their support and strategy in changing Senate rules in answer to the Democrats' unprecedented filibustering of ten Bush nominees to the Circuit Courts.
Equally at fault in this widening gap of leadership is President Bush himself. Though the vast majority of Americans want illegal immigration stopped--even to the extent of closing the borders--Bush has developed a political tin-ear on the issue. Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer are now outflanking him by calling for tougher border protection.
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No, certainly not Freepers.
you don't get elected to public office without having 'handles' that are used to control you.
the powers that be, international globalists and money changers have the goods on at least 61 of our Senators. They have the goods on OUR man as well, or he would have pulled the plug on quite a few things per OUR demands.
we are frustrated with the marionette's on the stage, and are ignoring the evidence that they ALL have strings on them.
get out of line, the man comes and takes you away or your daddy, or your daughter, whatever is most precious to you.
the republicans are no more for our sovereignty than are the chicoms. and all of them are dancing to a predetermined tune.
the phony appearance of a democratic republic, without the subservience of the politicians to the will of the founders or the voters is what we have. it LOOKS like we vote to choose, but the outcome varies but little. More government, less freedom, keeping ever less of what we have justly earned.
With most of us paying a taxation level directly or indirectly that FAR exceeds that of serfs in Feudal Europe in the dark ages, it is clear what we are today. Slaves with the appearance of freedom, but no real choices or individual liberty... ALL must be for the good of the commonality... aka socialistic communism... that includes the 'religion as government' crowd too.
It's not that the republicans are becoming dems, or vice versa, it's that they are both controlled by the powers that be. And their debates, fights and struggles in polity are but a cover for the unidirectional ratchet of slavery they are codifying into our laws and ordinances, by the tens of thousands of pages EVERY YEAR.
it's all over but the death camps... aka, our cities under martial law to maintain order, once the fake money runs out.
I'm a Republican. I used to be a Libertarian, but went back to the GOP to try and change it for the better. I am disgusted with the RINO's in the party and will be raising a lot of he** with my elected officials. I will be asking them all some very embarassing questions in public.
I can and will be putting presure on my representatives. Count on it.
Do any of you want to see Hillary Clinton elected President? Because if we don't stand up for the party that at least remembers our heritage and our great foundations this country was built upon, we are doomed! I will continue to vote Republican, but I can sure let my lawmakers know what I expect out of them. Including democrats. They need to hear from the American public.
Start talking to your neighbor about the things are are bothering you, you will be pleasantly surprised to find there are a lot of people who feel the same as you, maybe even stronger than you! Listen to each other, you will know what to do and when to do what you beleive is best!
If you read of the US Revolutionary war, there are "Fires" here and "Fires" there, but they all had one ting in common. The fight against the British! In this instance it is our own politicians. So I would say probably there will be demonstrations in front of their offices demanding that they do the jobs we sent them to DC to do.
If not, recall and impeachments would be in order. How far the people during the Revolution took things and to what level of animosity was up to those people. We should not have to riot or go to war to get our politicians ear!
The point being, making sure the politicians get the point that we sent them to DC to make laws in the INTEREST of the AMERICAN people. TO listen to their Constituents and vote as the MAJORITY of those Constituents tells them to and to defend and protect the US Constitution. If they won't do the job -- we will send someone there who will!!
This includes the President.
I'm not pouting. I'm stating the facts as they are. They get your name and address and flood your mailbox and harrass you with phone calls. "We will win this fight with your contribution" and blah, blah. I'm on with the "Not One Dime" folks who say to them, "We've given you the power, now freakin' use it". Abortion, queer marriage, illegal immigration - nothing but fund-raising blurbs for them.
THANK YOU Trteamer!!! I'm still fighting, everyone else...don't stop either!
Emmett,
We still tell them, "We've got our eye on you. If you don't stand for what you said you would fight for...."...that's what you do. But thing is, there are just a few people doing the necessary work. If more of the conservative public would get on the ball and do what's needed like the rest of us, we could make a difference. :)
The GOP just refused to compromise on judges.
I hear national verifiable ID is being left in by the Senate which most people thought it would cut that out.
I do think that the Republicans can be too civil at times.
I also think the issue of illegals is hard to cut off for the Federal government because that could literally cause the collapse of Mexico.
I believe that is why there has been no big movement on illegals.
I do agree that we have to get to more secured borders and no free ride for law breaking illegals though.
Looks like I'm not the only one who's gotten a burr under his saddle. :o)
I hope the various warnings forwarded to the GOP will make an impact. I really do.
I've seen the Bushs' close leanings with the Clintons lately. I am ignoring it. It's all politics. Hillary winning in '08 will only happen if we fall for her lies. I'm focusing on what's more important now, getting conservative judges appointed, etc.
I agree with you on the illegal immigrant issue. I applaud the minutemen, so proud of them!
I'm here in Tennessee, too. What runs through my mind when I hear this kind of talk are the lines from an old Billy Joe Shaver song-"I'll believe it when I see it
And I haven't seen it yet.
Don't mind me - just keep on talkin' -
I'm just lookin' for my hat"
I guess appropriately the song title is "Ain't No God in Mexico".
'..a lot of people feel the same as you..'..'probably there will be demonstrations..'
I would agree that probably many people are unhappy with the behavior of those WE elected. But, sadly, many people seem to be unwilling to 'walk their talk'. How many people showed up in DC at FR's March for Justice?! How many people actually call their Representative....even when they're given a toll free number? Not enough.
Some of us have been SICK since 1986.. "Read my lips no new taxes".. have hoped, prayed, and worked for what we have now..
What we have now makes us even SICKer..
WHY.?. We were MORONS thinking a republican juggernaut would clean house..
WE were WRONG... DON'T EVEN say have some patience..
WARNING: The Party is SICK...
And a LARGE number of republicans are ready to PUKE..
Good advice, the hard part is actually getting them to write, to become active before it gets out of control, but this site has given me hope that the "knickers are still pressed" and ready for duty.
That brings up a point. I live in Colorado, and Ken Salazar is one of my Senators. I never write or call him because he is a democrat. I figure he doesn't represent me. Well, That sob works for ME, and I intend to remind him of that. I will be a thorn in his side!
Post #5 you totally nailed it.
You are doing fine. Too many of the posts on this thread sound more like DU than FR.
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