Posted on 10/20/2005 9:42:55 PM PDT by smoothsailing
I don't think we're divided. I do think we disagree on a few things.
Better pray the NYT is wrong about the indictments possibly coming next week. It won't be a house divided, it'll be a house collapsed. This Miers fiasco could not have come at a worse time.
Hear hear.
You see, they have unwittingly joined the "hate-Bush" bandwagon, a bandwagon that includes Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore, Code Pink and the rest of the socialist liberal left. That is why the Democrats are laughing.
I don't think it's THAT bad. Some conservatives are angry with Dubya, but that doesn't mean they HATE him. The temper tantrums will die down, as they do in all children. No need for panic.
A strong conservative candidate in 2008 (unless the Lord has other plans) will unite the party. Another RINO and hello Democratic President. But that isn't bad if we keep the majority in Congress. Otherwise, good night, and good luck.
But prayers Jim, I've got them a plenty.
Remember Clinton (himself) was indicted and IMPEACHED. His base didn't abandon him and his wife has every intention of taking his former place in the White House.
We have to stand together...the dummies are having a field day. Are we conservatives really this weak? I know we have differences, but we have a REAL enemy that is orchestrating some of these "calamities."
I agree with Rush. This isn't a "crack up, it's a crack down". Pity the more moderate faction of the Democrat party isn't willing to do the same thing.
We knew Bush wasn't a hard core conservative when we elected him, so why do we expect him to turn into one now? We knew he had the best chance of defeating Al Gore, and therefore we chose him as our candidate in the primary (I will admit, however, that I didn't vote for him in that primary). In the general election, he was obviously the better of the two choices, and that hasn't changed. It is time for us to stop whining about Bush's lack of conservative ideals, and start planning to elect a real conservative in the 2008 election.
Not yet,but it needs to stop soon. There's nothing wrong with blowing off a little steam, but a united front will be needed to win elections.
"I don't think we're divided. I do think we disagree on a few things."
No, we are divided and will remain that way until he locks the damn door that he's holding open for the illegal aliens.
>>If they don't believe that she is capable, they can vote her down. They have that power.<<
That would take some strong backbone and the only Republican who has that backbone was just arrested.
I just can't get over my belief that she's a complete neophyte on most issues of constitutional law.
It could easily have been prevented but that is conjecture. We are in a state of wait and see.
Very well said, sittnick! It's simply too much to expect conservatives to suck it up time and time again while the Republicans sell us out. I've been bashed before for saying this, but conservatives to the Republican Party are like blacks to the Democrats. We really have nowhere else to go, but the party leadership takes us for granted. We must fight in 2006 and 2008 to retake the heart and soul of the party, to seize it back from those who talk morality and limited government yet do nothing to achieve it!
My bet is there will be two, possibly three indictments for this administration.
Christmas time in '68 every base camp in Vietnam got a live Christmas tree.I remember some of us asking where they came from.The answer was some rich Texan had flown in planeloads of them at his own expense.I didn't make the connection to Perot until he came out swinging in '92 when some VFW buddies of mine got to talking about it.Hell, I voted for him.I figured I owed it to him.
We knew Bush wasn't a hard core conservative when we elected him, so why do we expect him to turn into one now? We knew he had the best chance of defeating Al Gore, and therefore we chose him as our candidate in the primary (I will admit, however, that I didn't vote for him in that primary). In the general election, he was obviously the better of the two choices, and that hasn't changed. It is time for us to stop whining about Bush's lack of conservative ideals, and start planning to elect a real conservative in the 2008 election.
I'd agree. The only way to defeat liberalism is to advance conservatism. Definitely.
I don't know... I'm starting to think we ARE divided.
Those that support the party no matter what, no matter who "stabs them in the back" nor how many times they are betrayed.
And those that believe in accountability and expect those they helped get elected do their very best to fulfill their promises.
No, I'm not talking about Harriet Miers, I'm willing to keep an open mind on that for a while longer... and just hope it is a masterful stroke of strategery.
OK, I'll agree with the "house divided against itself can not stand" thing.... But when the house becomes infested with RINOs and CINOs*; If you find out that the bedrock that you thought the foundation was built on is really shifting sand... Maybe it is time to move to a new house, or at least do a major rebuilding job and pump a bunch of cement into the ground and reinforce the base..
Fortunately for the GOP, there is no practical alternative for thinking people to go to, so I don't think that we will have another Perot type situation.
But as much I financially supported, AND worked as a full-time volunteer last election; And have been a staunch defender of the Administration and the GOP in general for the last ... well, forever...
I'm getting so I'm starting to feel like I did prior to 1999; Anger because I have to choose between the "lesser of two evils". (No, I'm not calling President Bush evil).
I shouldn't have to feel like that, and I shouldn't have to "sit down and shut up" because some people think that the potential of a President Hillary trumps my right to tell my elected representatives what I believe is best for the Nation and my right to withhold donations when their behavior is counter to my conservative beliefs.
*(Conservatives In Name Only).
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