[sonsofliberty2000]

That's my GOP! Grr!

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[CommieCutter]

To hell with you, you GOP SOBs!!! Get lost!

[concerned about politics]

Cowards, Sissy's, girlie boys, closet liberals.

(Please feel free to add to this list)

[gpapa]

GOP gutless wonders. So do we have to import more oil from the Middle East to appease Princes, Kings and dictators? I guess the Repubs just don't care about anything exept the next election. But when it comes to a $286 Billion Transportaton Bill the vote is easy. Both Repubs and dems just like to spend our money as if they owned it, but when it comes to promoting new domestic energy sources, ultimately the consumer gets the shaft.

Ironically, this is one of the few times where the House voted the other way compared to the Senate.

[Bommer]

Just remember how important that REPUBLICANS get elected in 2006! Even when they are Democraps!

[Stopislamnow]

Eunichs, one and all.

Time to make being a professional politician a capital crime.

[wallcrawlr]

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Unfreaken unbelievable.

[lizma]

Pray for our kids and their kids. They're gonna inherit one fricken mess.

[trubluolyguy]

That's my GOP! Grr!

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Yep, that's your GOP (gutless old party).



Not mine.

[curiosity]

RINOS all. Ugh.

[M203M4]

Ya, it did seem out of place that it even got as far as it did. Especially since they waited "so long" (in units of news cycles) after the last gas-price spike. That part of the bill basically died due to short-term political climate change. And, as far as the RINO charge goes...are these 25 names out yet?

[wardaddy]

Jesus

we have no will to rule

[Time4Atlas2Shrug]

Please e-mail NH Rep. Charlie Bass at cbass@mail.house.gov and voice your displeasure with his "leadership".

As a New Hampshire resident, I will be doing everything in my power to boot his ass out of office. He does not represent conservatives in this state and his district (which is the majority composition).

I am so sick of the GOP. I thought the Senate was where we needed to affect major change but, hell, the entire party seems to need an overhaul.

[Sir Gawain]

Way to motivate the base!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Since the Republicans have turned into a bunch of whipped puppies, does anybody know if there is a party that actual conservatives can join? Where is Bush? Where are the Bush-bots?

[Cinnamon]

bunch of wimps

[Kirkwood]

Actually I have no problem with this. It isn't like the oil is going anywhere. When the time comes that things get much worse, like when gas hits $100 or $120 a barrel, we'll be glad we still have these reserves to tap.

[Stag_Man]

This is absolutely unbelievable. I wish I could say "screw these guys, I'm not gonna vote for 'em in '06", but I can't. These RINO's say the alternative is much worse and guess what; they are absolutely right. Can we boot them in a primary? Maybe in some states, but in most primary elections are open to everyone; you don't have to be a Republican to vote in our primary. This factor always tips things toward the middle, making it easier for RINO's to win. So what do we do?

I think we need a convention. Not a convention like the ones before the presidential elections where we wear elephants on our heads and pat each other on the back. I mean a real convention: one where we debate and hammer out our ideas and platform. One where we find out where our leadership stands on the issues. One where we can boil down a list of key beliefs central to our party and say, if you don't believe in these ideals, you are not a Republican. I am so sick of saying I'm a Republican to someone and then having to go into a 15 minute conversation as to what kind of Republican I am. Here's a start: small government, strong defense and assertive foreign policy, free market, Judeo-Christian values and the fortitude to standby our beliefs and affirm them to the world in all circumstances because they are RIGHT. That is what we are supposed to be as a party. That's what we were under Regan. That is what we are here at Free Republic. That is exactly what we aren't getting out of our leadership.

We should be upon the dawn of the golden age of freedom right now. The Republican party in the United States, held up by the beliefs of its members, should be the one to usher in this new age. Instead we are letting our selves get bogged down in the trivial. The Democrats are pounding their fists demanding that we pay attention to each and every tree and we have forgotten that we are the party that sees the forest.

It has always been that way. The Democrats have always been the short sighted party. They focus on winning the next election, not angering other nations in the short run and making the budget balance on a year to year basis (by raising taxes of course; this always solves next year's budget deficit--untill the system breaks). We are the party that thinks ahead. We know that going against France and Germany now will be better for all three nations into the future. We know that lowering taxes may hurt next year but will make us stronger and wealthier in the years to come. We are supposed to be the party that doesn't say whatever it is we need to say to get elected (Clinton) but the party that says what we mean and means what we say (Regan--incidentally when we did this we saw the rise of the "Regan-democrat" meaning this is a way to win elections).

There needs to be a reckoning in our party of some sort. Maybe my idea is a bit off and crazed right now (I am angry as I type this) and is completely impracticable. But something needs to happen and if anyone has any better ideas I'm all for listening to them.

[demitall]

Remind me again, why do I keep voting for these guys? Oh yeah the other choices are worse.

This is very disappointing to me, we are researching fuel cells (not necessarily a bad thing) but we drop drilling in a wasteland?

[Free Vulcan]

What the hell is up with the malaise in the beltway GOP? I expect this crap from the Senate, but the House?

The media has these guys hoodwinked into thinking that their lies are what the rest of the country is thinking.