It is not a choice between what we have and what we want. It is a choice between what we have and something much, much, worse. As I said, if Hillaryski and the Democrats gain the Presidency and more it will be the end of this country period. Surely you know what they did last time and under Carter before that and LBJ before that and FDR before that. Do you want more of that? That is what you will get if you abandon the Republicans.
Do you approve of 50% more funding for socialist education, the most dangerous propaganda machine ever? Do you like having the homosexual lobby work just like the ACLU just to promote their propaganda and indoctrinate these kids? There shouldn't be ANY public schools! Dissolve the NEA.
No, I don't approve of the increase in the education bill but along with it we got accountability. The teachers and the NEA are squealing like pigs now and most schools are improving in their basic function. Neither the president nor the federal government have control over all that is taught in local schools beyond a certain base curriculum. Neither the president nor the federal Republicans can do anything about the NEA.
As I say about you and those like you, Keyboard Rambos is what I call you, it is easy to sit behind your computer and spout off and demand things that aren't politically possible, no matter how much you and I may want them. Eliminating public schools is one of them. Eliminating the NEA is another. I hate, just as you do, the state of our public schools. They are Communists propaganda machines as you say. I hate the homosexual agenda but I don't think it is going on in my area. To think this last education bill did all that is foolish. That has been going on a long time, before Bush took office for sure.
However, just shouting about it may help you and it may motivate others to do something about it too, but until then don't throw out the good just because it is not perfect in your eyes. Compare it to the options. The only true option is Hillary.
Do you prefer Reid to Frist? None of us is happy with Frist nor were we happy with Lott, but Reid? Come on! What about Pelosi over DeLay? Carry that comparison all the way down the line.
Do you approve of a prescription drug entitlement? More socialism, another program in which costs will rise every year. Once you give the sheeple an entitlement, you cannot take it away. Just like social security....it should not exist!
No, I don't approve of any of it. Now, Rambo, snap your fingers and make it go away! Do you approve of Hillary Care? Daycare for all so that the propaganda can start while they are toddlers? Higher taxes to kill our economy? Gutting the military again? Giving our latest military technology to our enemies? Zero control of the borders? Zero war on terror? Complete socialization?
If you are dreaming of some third party choice, forget it. If you are saying we need to vote for someone else just to teach the Republicans a lesson you are electing the Communists whether you like to own up to it or not.
Do you approve of forgiving billions of african debt?
I didn't approve of lending it to them in the first place. Just as we do all over the world, it is throwing money away. Worse than that it is helping those who are creating the problem. Yet, now that it is done, they are never going to pay it back anyway and saddling them with such a tremendous burden eliminates any chance of them digging out of the hole they are in so what is lost by forgiving something you are never going to see anyway?
Do you approve of the open borders? How do you feel about the senate defeating a bill 60-40 that would give us more agents on the border?
No, I don't approve of open borders but I prefer the present situation to the Clintons encouraging illegals to come here and eliminating any FBI background checks so they could register to vote in time for the elections, illegally. That is the point I am making. It is not a choice between perfect and so-so, it is a choice between so-so and suicide.
Do you approve of Bush giving $50 million to terrorist scum like Abbas, a planner in the 1972 Munich Massacre?
I don't know. That is a very convoluted situation. I think Bush is giving the PLO enough rope to hang themselves and it is all a part of a broader ME agenda. They agreed to the Bush Road Map and Sharon is making sure that Israel sticks to their part of the deal. The uproar over abandoning the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is because that is part of the road map and Sharon is sticking to it because he promised Bush he would. Now that the PLO has agreed to certain terms, again, if they don't stick to it this time or ever again in the future, Katy bar the door. Palestinian state or no, they will be history. That is the true purpose of the Road Map.
Its unfortunate that you have to use that argument simply when someone doesn't march lockstep with the Republican party. My views are way way to the right of yours, I can guess that.
Yes it is. I get extremely impatient with you Keyboard Rambos who like to just shout out solutions which have no chance in Hell of happening, at least under the present circumstances, no matter how much you or I would like them. And to then turn on your best hope, perhaps your last best hope, of them eventually happening is so foolish as to be infuriating. It is obvious that abandoning the Republican Party is to elect Democrats. Whether you are working on behalf of the Democrats, as I fully believe some are, or not is immaterial. The results will be the same.
There will be a Republican primary with many to choose from. Pick your favorite and support them all you can. If they win, good. If not, don't go off and sulk and end this great experiment in human governance.
Thank you for an excellent explanation of the political situation we find ourselves in.
So I'm not alone in thinking that. Others call me crazy for even suggesting it.
" It is not a choice between what we have and what we want. It is a choice between what we have and something much, much, worse."
Sorry, to me that isn't a choice. We know the democraps are the worst party scum sucking commies ever, with the masterful propagandists, the MSM in their pocket. However, I am weary when I see the opposition party also support socialist programs. Aren't you? What happened to the party of less government?
"As I say about you and those like you, Keyboard Rambos is what I call you, it is easy to sit behind your computer and spout off and demand things that aren't politically possible, no matter how much you and I may want them."
Keyboard rambos, I like that! There's nothing wrong with having ideals, and yes many of these goals could be accomplished if the right leaders would step forward. The government should have no role in educating children, especially with the socialist NEA in charge.
"Do you prefer Reid to Frist? None of us is happy with Frist nor were we happy with Lott, but Reid? Come on! What about Pelosi over DeLay? Carry that comparison all the way down the line."
Who said I wanted reid in charge? My state has been and always will be solidly red. My vote matters little.
As I said, for me, it really isnt a choice when you vote AGAINST someone. This election I voted FOR Bush. If I knew then what I know now, my vote would be AGAINST Kerry. Do you see the nuance?
"Zero control of the borders? Zero war on terror? Complete socialization?"
Again, I don't see much control of our borders from Bush. How can one fight a war on terror when the soft underbelly of america is exposed? Everyone knows to win, you must have a good offense as well as a good defense. Complete socialization? I still see the proliferation of socialism under Republican leadership. The analogy I use quite often is Vote Democrat: a fast forward button to socialism
Vote Republican: a small yet ineffective brake on socialism.
"No, I don't approve of open borders but I prefer the present situation to the Clintons encouraging illegals to come here"
Puh-leeze. Don't try and pin this all on the clintons, Bush has done plenty to encourage illegal immigration. Don't you remember the news stories of the massive influx of illegal aliens a year or two ago after the trial balloons about amnesty/guest worker programs were floated? What about his discouraging words calling the minutemen "vigilantes", patriots who want to enforce laws that this nation wont enforce?
"There will be a Republican primary with many to choose from. Pick your favorite and support them all you can. If they win, good. If not, don't go off and sulk and end this great experiment in human governance."
I put my money where my mouth is, I do work to get conservatives elected. I worked on the Kris Kobach campaign for KS 3rd congressional district, who would have likely been one of the most conservative members of congress. Unfortunately he lost to a socialist Dennis Moore who ran ads calling him a white supremacist last minute, and it worked.
The only candidates I would support in 2008 is George Allen or Tom Tancredo. I highly doubt Tancredo could ever get the nomination, he just isn't presidential. He has been forceful in bringing important issues to the forefront.
Either way, my state is bright red, and always has been. So my vote or non vote doesn't matter much....
FWIW . .
Why doesn't he try this with Castro?