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To: freedomdefender
The money paragraph ...

Once again there's a family in crisis, and it's conservatism. He can let it break up, or let it wither under his watch. Or he can change. Just as he learned at 40 that to keep his family he had to become part of something larger than himself, he should realize as he approaches 60 that he has to become part of something larger if he is to save his administration. And that "something larger" is a movement that has been building for half a century, since before Barry Goldwater. The president would be well advised to look at the stakes, see what's in the balance, judge the strengths and weaknesses of his own leadership, and get back to the basics of conservatism. Which again would take humility.

LOL at "let it [conservatism] wither." He's shooting at it. Hitting it with a shovel. Insulting it. Filing for divorce. Pick your metaphor, it does not resemble "letting it wither."

Look at the acrimony and insults on this board. Those are the voices of the GOP lashing out against conservatives.

Humility? HUMILITY??

Don't make me laugh.

3 posted on 10/19/2005 9:57:59 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Stellar Dendrite; nerdgirl; Ol' Sparky; Map Kernow; Betaille; Pessimist; flashbunny; Itzlzha; ...
Noonan!


5 posted on 10/19/2005 10:01:18 PM PDT by flashbunny (What is more important: Loyalty to principles, or loyalty to personalities?)
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To: Cboldt
"Look at the acrimony and insults on this board. Those are the voices of the GOP lashing out against conservatives."

HUH? I've watched the same "voices" you have on this board. Those voices of conservatism who line up with PEG don't represent me.

6 posted on 10/19/2005 10:03:02 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Cboldt
Noonan: It was 1986, and George W. Bush had just turned 40. An unhappy man he was. His life was going nowhere; he had been drinking too much and it was damaging all spheres of his life, including his family."

Now this reads just like a Maureen Dowd column. But since I've been reading Noonan for about 12 months, I know that she doesn't have much more to add.

9 posted on 10/19/2005 10:07:21 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Cboldt

Don't make me laugh.




You seem a bit "put out" tonight Cboldt. But I do agree with your post. It is spot on. It's just that you are usualy the more reserved of us.


11 posted on 10/19/2005 10:08:37 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (I am conservative. That is NOT the same thing as Republican. Don't place party over ideology!)
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To: Cboldt
Look at the acrimony and insults on this board. Those are the voices of the GOP lashing out against conservatives.

You're giving just as good as you're getting.

Try not to be such a martyr.

42 posted on 10/19/2005 10:44:00 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Cboldt

I'm not optimistic, but one can hope.


48 posted on 10/19/2005 10:47:00 PM PDT by Maynerd
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To: Cboldt

"Look at the acrimony and insults on this board. Those are the voices of the GOP lashing out against conservatives."

What you said BUMP.


196 posted on 10/20/2005 1:51:42 AM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The GOP's failure in the Senate is no excuse for betraying the conservative base that gave it to `em)
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