OMalley,
No, sadly the attacks on Bush are from legitimate right wingers, not DU ghosts. My fellow right wingers are sounding less and less reasonable every day in the past few months. Based on what I've been reading on this forum, I am getting myself mentally prepared for a divided Republican Party in 2008 which will lead to a Left Wing Radical like Hillary or someone like her sitting in the White House. Based on what I see here, a good portion of the social conservatives are ready to leave the reservation and destroy the modern Conservative movement that has saved this nation from the brink of disaster. In an effort to enforce strict ideological purity, some here are willing to destroy the movement. To create an analogy, they are willing to bleed to death rather than use a medical remedy that might leave a long term scar.
They're not the ones destroying it.
Ask yourself: why were social conservatives on the reservation to begin with? And did they get their part of the bargain?
Dear MarkDel,
"Based on what I see here, a good portion of the social conservatives are ready to leave the reservation and destroy the modern Conservative movement that has saved this nation from the brink of disaster."
Most social conservatives here at FR, myself included, seem willing to vote for most any Republican candidate, as long as that Republican candidate is not an outright social liberal.
I've seen social conservatives here willing to support Sen. Allen of Virginia, even though he's not especially pro-life (but he does seem to be anti-Roe). I've seen folks offer conditional support for Ms. Rice if she moves a bit to the right on the same issue.
But if the Republican Party were to entirely repudiate social conservatives by nominating someone like Mr. Giuliani, well, then, we can take a hint.
Many in the party say to us, "Well, if you don't stick with us, you'll be out in the political wilderness."
What these folks don't understand is, if someone like Mr. Giuliani is nominated, we've already been thrown out into the political wilderness. It'd be kind of humorous (though quite sad) if those who kicked us out of the party then were angry because we took our votes with us.
sitetest
This IS a conservative forum.
Why are you surprised to find conservatives expressing their points of view?
Not everyone is willing to drink the kool-aid, some of us will walk away and leave you to the government you deserve.