Posted on 10/14/2005 12:38:54 PM PDT by Theodore R.
Your weak and absurd personal attack against me implying that I am unpatriotic and unprincipled will now be laid to rest. In addition, I will demonstrate your distinctly compromising shortsightedness and the danger therein of losing the future to the DemWits.
On the war against radical Islam, Bush has done a fine job. So far, on taxes he has done an outstanding job. On the U.N.'s utopian nonsense, he has alternated between fair and poor, in spite of unleashing Bolton to cleanse and thus shore up respect for this consistently anti-American enormity.
On the border, he has been worse than the Democrats, and I will believe Chertoff's words only when accompanied by sustained and longterm action. With Congress' help, he has swelled the government beyond any Socialist's wildest hopes. On spending, again with Congress' assistance, he has been horrible--even worse than Johnson--while yet excluding defense spending. Printing all this paper will, of course, bring disastrous inflation when the private owners of the Fed are ready to harvest; and who will the people elect then but populist kook or Fabian Democrats?
You seem to view politics as a professional team sport where, indeed, it does not matter who plays on the team as long as the team is winning. Even if this is your realpolitik, recall that conservatism works on all levels. Hence, not practicing conservatism will lead to failures as history itself attests; and, the problem of inflation gutting the economy will be just one problem among many that will propel DemWits to election in 2008. Furthermore, inconsistency of policy attracts chaos. On social conservatism, Bush alternates between fairly good and poor. This isn't triangulation at work. Do not fear to practice conservatism even if you fear to preach it, lest avoidable disaster ensues and the DemoNuts recapture power. Triangulation can only succeed with massive AND accepted misinformation allowed by public lack of interest and by public lack of focus. Today's public is not the public of the 90's. Information about, interest in, and debate over political direction and ideé has intensified greatly and overwhelms all attempt at triangulating the social nexus. Not being sure where in the chaos the GOP leadership is to be found on social conservatism is no longer good enough as this, to many, surprising unease over Miers confirms.
Therefore, no! I will not just shut up and take it as long as America is a Free Republic under God. Tack Bush to the right or lose the fight.
"...worse than Democrats." Laughable.
All the rhetoric aside if you are attacking the President you are on the side of the RATS. That is undeniable and whatever rationalization you put forth to justify it is nothing but that, a rationalization.
The tempest in a teapot over Miers will blow over in a month or so and you will have to find something else to attack the President over. I am sure you will be successful in that search.
Conservatism is not a rationalization. Conservatism is success-filled policy. There is nothing laughable about Bush being undeniably worse than the Democrats have been on border control, spending, etc. There is nothing laughable about losing the next election to the DemWits, which clearly MUST be what you and your liberal ilk want since your beloved liberal policies will certainly fail quickly. I shall pray that you and your sneak liberal buddies do not succeed in undermining the reputation for success of this GOP any longer.
The awakened conservative majority which is America is more than ready to throw you out in the primaries. Your facade is frayed. You, sir, are a Democrat.
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