Posted on 10/24/2005 11:49:49 AM PDT by AliVeritas
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Thank you. 8) Based on that, even that is a stretch to apply to DeLay.
Yeah that was a great interview. Senator Allen certainly sounds conservative enough from what I've heard so far. And he has a snazzy name on top of that. 8)
Allen/Watts would be great!
If this country is divide, as the Nov 2004 election showed, 51-49 and the split is merely between Repbs and the Moveon.org crowd we are in VERY serious trouble. There are a lot of adult Dems. Same way their are a lot of adult Conservative who do not buy into some of the Tin Foil Hat rants posted here. Same way Freepers are but are but an activist segment of a larger movement, so too are the Leftist Bloggers, Activists and Pundits that do so much to color everyone perception of the Dems.
If we work from the Hegel theory of Theisis/Antithesis/Synthesis, it would appear the Center Right of the Dems and the Center Left of the Repbs will eventually join as a majority party with the far left and far right lopped off into splitter factions. Bush and Sen McMedia (McCain) may be the outriders of that trend.
I would rather not see that happen since I firmly believe in the Antithesis (Conservative) vision of maximum freedom possible for the maximum number of people with the minimum of Govt. The Synthesis of the two parties would be a sort stagnate, aggressively secular Govt neo-Socialist nanny state. It would combine all the worst elements of both current parties. It would not be a system I would care to live under.
It the Thesis (Dems) collapse, there will be nothing to keep the Conservative Antithesis from fracturing. I think part of the problem we see right now is the Conservatives, having no serious foes to fight, are turning on each other. The centrifugal force of opposing the Dems(thesis) is weakened so much that the anti-theisis is now on the verge of fracturing. That will not happen RIGHT now but it will happen unless the Dems can get back to being a serious political threat in an election cycle or two. Power corrupts, even when those in power are people doing things I like.
That is why they are shifting to the "Republican culture of corruption".
I think that should be applied to Fitzgerald and Comey, if all Sean just said is true.
But, what was one name that Allen specifically mentioned as regards to their being plenty of good people who could be picked?
Governor Bush.
Who impresses me every time I see him on one of these storms. He impresses me as a man who understands that Government has a real function, and knows how to get government focused on providing the services required to the people in an efficient and timely manner.
They know that is a problem for them which is why you now hear Howard Dean and the rest talking about the culture of corruption among ALL republicans, and how the pubbies are budget busters, which is true for the moment, but hopefully will change, etc. It has got to become a "Republican" problem, and they are working on making it one.
Considering the Republican plank, and the people who make up the real base of the Republican party, the Christian social conservative base, I am much less concerned about a marxist take over of government than I would be if the democrats are in charge. The remaining 11 southern democrat Senators, if they don't retire after their current terms, I think most of them will be defeated by Republicans, if the conservative ones don't change parties first. Like Landreau for example. She's a flaming liberal, in a State that will emerge even redder after Katrina, given the complete and total failure of LA government to help their people in the days after Katrina, and she's known to be involved in the corruption of LA government and the misappropriation of funds that could have helped the levee system. She's toast when her term is up in Nov '08. It's just a shame it isn't sooner. There could easily be 60+ Repubican seats in the Senate. Registered socialist bernie sanders of Vermont isn't doing so hot in his state either, and that would be a pick up for the Republicans, since sanders is too flaming pink liberal to even be a democrat.
Governor Bush is amazing! As a transplanted Floridian I am always in awe of what he has done for this state. Too bad about the "cronyism" tag though. I have always believed he should head Homeland Security.
Sean, this guy is not a democrat. He is just pretending to get their emails.
If she's withdrawn, and a Luddig or Owens type (and there's this other great conservative woman Judge that I am going blank on her name) was nominated, I still am very concerned that the several RINOs in the Senate could turn against a firm conservative nominee, and if that one fails, we WILL get a souterite, since that would knock Bush to the ground if a real known conservative with a paper trail is defeated, he'd have no way to put up another conservative. That's what worries me about putting up someone like Luddig or Owens, much as I like them and much as they are who I'd of picked, I just don't see the Senate having the spine to confirm someone like that.
That was a great interview from a great soldier. Army enlistment rates highest ever. Yeah, people are really against the war. Whatever. 8)
"Republican culture of corruption"
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The Dems are trying to paint the Republican party as corrupt because they think the success Republicans have had is based on painting the Dems as corrupt. Never mind that the charges against the Dems are true as opposed to being contrived.
That's what I've thought for a few years now. Mr. Watts is one of the best Congressmen in the history of the House. He's honorable, very intelligent, dedicated, honest, a great fiscal and social conservative, strong Christian. And the fact he's a national championship NCAA College football QB on top of that sure doesn't hurt. 8) I'd LOVE it if the GOP would tap him to be on a Presidential ticket as President or VP. No rational conservative minded person could NOT vote for him. What State that Bush won would go for any democrat ticket, over a Allen/Watts, Allen/Rice type solid conservative ticket? I can't think of one.
All sources for that, as well as for Own requesting to be withdrawn from consideration, are unsubstantiated rumor.
Really? Sadly, I would not be surprised.
That's what worries me about putting up someone like Luddig or Owens, much as I like them and much as they are who I'd of picked, I just don't see the Senate having the spine to confirm someone like that.
I understood that Dobson was the source of that information. Did he deny that he said it?
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