Republicans are going to win big in November, so drop the negativity!

[Old_Mil]

(realizing that he is the only one who can be trusted with national security and their checkbook)...

Just how well do you think that more deficit spending that 4 other presidents combined, issuing a student visa to a government official of the Taliban to attend Bush's alma mater, turning over management of critical infrastructure to Muslim owned companies, and a half million new Muslim immigrants since 9/11 are going to play in the heartland?

[Pukin Dog]

Juan baby! How ya been?

[bill1952]

The main thing that pisses me off to no end is how some freepers will use news media polls to bolster their position on some anti Bush point.

"I can prove that Bush is dead wrong on the ports deal. Just look at his poll numbers - Nuff said."

That one raised my BP to the ozone.
Frankly, I'm sick of it.

If you are going to cite the MSM articles or it's own polls as true and factual evidence, then, IMO, you have no business here.

That being said, I disagree with Bush completely on immigration, and I still believe that the pendulum of history is in our favor this time around.

Socialism has nothing to offer except the efforts of its 5th column, the ACLU, and it's endless divide and conquer critiques of the American conservatives and their collective values.

enough already! kick out the dems!

[mysterio]

I think GWB is more = LBJ. But I agree with your sentiment.

[charrisGOP]

Liberal policies break hearts and destroy lives!!

[NormsRevenge]

I need a shotgun, but I'm in city limits unfortunately. I must have have-a-heart trapped quite a few over the years.

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Do you think the conviction and sentencing of Duke Cunningham will have any significant effect in the upcoming election cycles for or to either side?

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I wish they would open the damn Ethics Committee for business.. drag McDermott up for his misdeeds, let's get it on,, Ethics has always found 'failings' in Congre$$ ,, but if we're gonna play fair, then let's clean the deck on both sides of the ship,, this dragging it out serves no one well, imo.

[jwh_Denver]

Pissed off conservatives. Yep, we're the problem alright.

[Rhetorical pi2]

I agree with practically everything you say...but mebbe a bit less optimistic.

Now, if only we could get you to open up and voice your opinion confidently, and with conviction! :o)

[varon]

Is that you, Miss Cleo?

[MBB1984]

We will see what happens in 2006. Bush has a lot of negativity right now which will probably carry over and result in loss of the House. The party who has both a lame duck President and a house or more of Congress almost always loses several seats in Congress in the mid term election. It happened to LBJ, Reagan and will most assuredly happen to Bush.

Hopefully, after the losses the GOP will go back to its conservative base. We can only hope.

[hawkiye]

You might be right however the democrats were on the ropes and so desperate they tried to make the Cheney accident into a national security incident. Then the port deal gave them something legitimate to latch onto and breathed new life into them. I don't think for one minute they care a lick about port security but the issue is legitimate and they are going to milk it for all its worth.

The problem is a lot of conservatives see the legitimacy of the port deal being a big problem so this lends legitimacy to the dems as they latch on to it. But the Dems may in fact help the deal go through by becoming so ridiculous and rabid about it as they normally do.

The voting constituency has a short memory so you may be right but only because this will most likely be long forgotten by December.

And as much as I think this port deal is fluster cuck by the administration I am certainly not going to vote for a dem or Hitlary.

Newt Gingrich for President! ;)

[peacebaby]

Thanks for the pep RALLY! I've been rather surprised at the negative comments made about President Bush by my fellow freepers. And I'm tired of listening to the media. Who wants to hear moaning and whining 24/7?

[Politicalities]

Juan baby! How ya been?

As I thought, you've got nothing but insults to back up your claims, and you're too much of a coward to put your money where your mouth is. Or, in the alternative, deep in your heart you know I'm right.

Now, for those of you who actually care about facts rather than rah-rah cheerleading:

We've got two incumbents in Pennsylvania and Ohio who are in the fight of their lives. Jim Talent will also have a battle on his hands in Missouri. They may all win (although I certainly wouldn't put money on Santorum to hold on) but their races will consume resources that could otherwise be used to challenge Democrats on their turf. We'll also have to fight to hold Frist's seat in Tennessee. Linc Chafee is probably also in trouble, and so is Burns. In the meantime, Kent Conrad and Ben Nelson will both sail to reelection thanks to Hoeven, Osborne, and Johanns all deciding to sit this one out. Any one of the three would've been favored to take out the incumbent, but they're not running. Shelley Capito wouldn't have been the favorite against Sheets Byrd but she at least would've made a race out of it; instead the ol' Klansman will sleepwalk back into his seat. Bill Nelson also faces a weaker challenger than he might've drawn.

We have maybe a 50-50 shot of picking up Evacuatin' Dayton's seat in Minnesota and perhaps close to that in Maryland. Other than that, there just aren't a whole heck of a lot of opportunities for the GOP. Just who, Pukin, do you think the GOP will be able to take out to reach that absurd 60-seat number? Feinstein? Kennedy? Akaka? Clinton?

Keep dreaming, and prepare for extremely bitter disappointment. Me, I prefer to keep my eyes open.

[RockinRight]

I think we'll keep both Houses, probably breaking even or losing one seat in the Senate, and losing about 3 in the House.

[bill1952]

I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is. Are you? C'mon, it'd be nice for me to get a little cash to compensate for the disappointment in November.

Please. Only a fool bets on politics or women.

Obviously, there will be no disappointment for you. You already have figured out the entire scenario on how we are going to lose big time.

I'll just stay at home and not vote. - We have already lost.
After all, you said so. LOL!

What is going to happen is that we are going to vote and guess what?

thats all that we need

[downtownconservative]

Enough of you curmudgeon provocations already. The air is adequately full of negative ions! Telling the truth in love is extremely more effective (even your own personal truth can sometimes be relative).

[HitmanLV]

[LS]

I agree Pukin. Been sayin' it for months: GOP will net one seat in the Senate, probably three in the House. There is a possibility, if Santorum stabilizes, to net three in the Senate.

No matter what you think about the Dubai Ports (I don't mind it), it is EXACTLY like the Bush/TANG issue, where every time the Dems raised it, it only reminded voters how lame Kerry was on defense. Same thing here: to raise port security as an issue ONLY reminds people that the Dems have been AWOL on all issues of security for five years.

Finally, when you consider that this is a long, long way out in an election cycle, and a lot will happen, well . . . just remember in March of 2004 what the "issues" were and how relevant most of that stuff was in November.

[mysterio]

Perot sure woke them up for '94. Too bad they always have to lose before they start acting like Republicans.

[Fudd Fan]

Timmy was just following orders.