Posted on 11/12/2005 5:36:04 AM PST by FerdieMurphy
If the Republicans don't stop trying to out-democrat the DemocRATs, no constituent will believe ANYTHING they say.
They are weak, mealy-mouthed ‘followers,’ who haven’t had an original idea in their lifetimes. No wonder a Senator hasn’t been elected president since JFK in 1960; Capitol Hill is the worst place to learn about America and the American people.
You may disagree with some of this, but I believe all will agree with this statement. These guys need to live in their states and come to Washington and stay in a barracks with others during brief legislative sessions. Their staffs need cutting by 80% which would leave them with 4 or 5 staffers.
I believe that President Bush thought it wise to have a presence amidst the arab world. To have our troops on the ground in an unfriendly muslim nation in order to use the threat of spearheading those assembled troops in the direction of the miscreant: Syria, Iran, et al.
Too bad we aren't doing something a little more dangerous to North Korea than to ourselves.
Oh well. Can't have everything.
Didn't Colin Powell show satellite photos to the UN which showed convoys of trucks leaving known WMD sites headed to Syria?
The media/political cabal surely seems to be moving us in a certain direction.
Since the world's intelligence, including that of the French, Germans, Russians, UN and IAEA, was also wrong on WMD in Iraq, what makes you so sure that the world's intelligence is correct on N. Korea? Maybe we're all be scammed there too.
This potential catastrophe should have been nipped in the bud long ago.
North Korea should have been turned into a giant rice paddy.
There are only so many limousine liberals, muslims, trailor camp trash and nut cases out there that would vote scum like that into the White House. Remember, some voters actually like their country.
It's almost like they're commiting suicide.
This article is exactly right.
But it is to the American people that the responsibility falls. Reps and Dems alike fall victim to the "Beltway Disease"- they forget about the American people in a rush to get invited to the "best" parties and desperately want the media to "like" them (witness: John McCain).
It is a sorry fact that even those who vote in the general elections without fail, hardly EVER vote in the primaries. They THEN whine about the candidate the party hands us.
WE can take control AND send a big message to the party- WE call the shots- NOT YOU.
VOTE in the primaries!
I am sick unto death of hearing that Bush lied. Produce evidence he lied. Otherwise it is nothing more than a slander. Having poor evidence is much different than hearing he lied.
I think It's time for a third political party to arise and threaten the current politcal establishment in the nation. One which will represent the real majority of the country, not pay homage to the fools that are destroying it. On the political pendulum ideally it should be a "Center-Right" party whose core is the hard-working middle-class members of our society - not the rabble who are sucking the life out of it.
>>>OK. Now it is years later and no WMD have been found. None . . . It is a myth that we have found anything. <<<
This borders on Lew Rockwell conspiracy nonsense. I am surprised you did not question this conclusion, Ferdie. The finding of some WMD's in Iraq is well-documented. But, then again, you are new to Free Republic so you may not be up-to-date.
BTW, did you know the troops found over 30 hi-tech Soviet fighter planes buried in the desert? If not for the tall tail fins sticking out of the sand, we may not have found them. How much easier to bury smaller containers of chemical and biologicals?
Anyone with half-a-brain knows that Saddam would not have given up over 100 billion dollars in oil revenues due to U.N. sanctions if he had not been hiding WMD's. All he had to do was allow the U.N. inspectors free reign and he would have been 100 billion dollars richer, and still in power!
"On the political pendulum ideally it should be a 'Center-Right' party whose core is the hard-working middle-class members of our society"
They already have it: the Republicans.
Bush has expanded fed involvement in education, added a whole new entitlement, and kept the old ones expanding.
That what the middle class WANTS!
Who do you think shut down Bush when he tried to enact social security reforms? The very people you call the hard working middle class members of society. They don't want change, and will only push the pols once something like an economic collapse happens, and then it will be too late.
Bush *is* the big mushy middle.
It would appear that term limits for at least the Senate would be a good idea. Just as we tire of Presidents, we are beyond tired of certain Senators from MA and NY and one from UT and one from AZ and one from WV and one from WA and one from ME and one from VT..... I get tired just thinking about it.
Any third party should be to the left of the 'Rats if it's possible, to pull the 'Rats further left.
This is old stuff from the hopelessly inept who would have everyone believe that all politicians are corrupt,so (as their ineptitude inevitably leads them) throw out all the bastards.
Hopelessness and helplessness only makes matters worse...and actually contributes to making all things worse.
Your brand of "patriotism" is unwelcome.
I consign you and your article to the metaphysical garbage can they deserve.
The country would be greatly improved if these weasels would serve no more than two four year terms with the president's term being extended to six years and he would serve two terms as well.
Additionally their staffs would have to be whittled down by 90% and they would not have a residence in the area. Their place is in their home state with sessions in DC being only 2-3 weeks at a time.
No cafeteria, no haircults, no medical facility on location, nothing extra whatsoever!
Or we could declare a civil war, fire them all and start over with a fresh sheet of paper.
Don't worry. There's always a job that an out of work bureaucrat or politician can perform. (Towel boy being one of them.)
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