Posted on 03/22/2006 8:58:42 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 03/23/2006 2:06:21 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Why so many lefties?
Because the left can choose candidates from both parties. There is something for them in the GOP -- abortion, gun banning, and frivolous spending.
The hard core lefties can get all that and more with the Democrats.
The Republicans do battle within the GOP and the inevitable 'coalition' will always be the so called moderates of the party and the conservatives -- painted as extremists by the moderates get cast aside.
The conservative wing of the GOP needs to take control of the party and take just one side of an issue -- life, guns, taxes, small government, border control, etc. The longer we take both sides of every issue, we will continue to split the party and end up with the center/leftists.
Where do we get voters to make up for those leaving to join the Dems, you ask? From the millions of disaffected voters who cannot stomach voting for candidates -- or a party -- that violates their deeply held values.
If the Republicans acted like Republicans, their majority would not be in jeopardy. That they behave and legislate as Democrats, that will mean the end of their majority and their individual jobs.
That is not my fault and I accept no responsibility for it. All they have done is grab what they could for themselves and spent tax dollars to reassure their own election and ignored the Constitution and the will of the people.
Perhaps Democrat voters will abide the misconduct of its office holders, but the principled people on the right will not. Unfortunately, either the GOP doesn't think it needs our votes or believes that we will have no where else to go. I, for one, will not reward the bastards.
John McCain our fair-minded leader.../sarcasm
Puh-leeze.
I support principled candidates. When a candidate has the backbone to stand up for our values, I will back them.
In PA, I support Daryl Metcalfe, Mike Turzai, and Teresa Forcier.
I will not support those who will not support those principles.
I will not vote for a pro abortionist, a gun grabber, a 'big government conservative' no matter how compassionate they are, or those who support open borders. I'm not a single issue voter, but I am adamant about these issues. Violate them and lose my vote and gain my emnity.
The middle is defined by the extremes.
Some think things are hunky-dory.
Some want them all to burn in Hell.
I'll settle for the all encompassing impeachment.
I truly do not believe we have slid toward a socialist society due to this President's compassionate conservatism. Two terms of BJ Clinton did that. If you want to see true socialism, see to it that Hillary and her crowd get control of Congress this year and the Presidency in '08.
Then you will see Marxism in action in our government.
I agree about the socialism. There are too many single-issue voters who are willing to cast aside consevatives for the smallest issue. However I also hate the fact that so many "conservatives" use a single issue as their hotbutton, while they have liberal views on most other things. You can't say you'll get control of the border and guns at the same time.
Take the blinders off and open your eyes.
Medicare drug bill -- socialized medicine.
Huge incresases in federal spending for education -- centralized and mandated by the government.
Campaign finance reforms that attack political speech.
That's just 3 things that quickly come to mind. Socialism is BIG GOVERNMENT making decisions for us all.
Do you really not understand or are you just afraid (or ashamed) to admit it? Or do you like the federal government making life's decisions for you?
I think you need to remove the log from thine own eye Badray. You like to complain, but where are your solutions?
You're going to throw a fit and vote third party?... or maybe just stay home and sit on your hands?
Get ready for two years of impeachment hearings and President Hillary in 2008 primed and ready to go with a majority Democrat Congress. Maybe then you'll miss the good ole days of G.W. Bush.
I believe that you are mmistaken.
Many Democrats fear and dislike Hillary. Everyone on the right despises her. If -- somehow -- she won, she'd be watched like a hawk and couldn't get much done.
McCain, particularly if we maintain control of Congress, would have their cooperation and they'd just follow along as they have with Bush. Even if the Dems do take Congress, McCain will be their willing ally.
Because he wears an "R" on his sleeve, he is much more dangerous. He is the enemy inside the gate. He is Arlen Specter with a psychiatric diagnosis and should never be anywhere near the White House.
You are not only right, but eloquent in expressing it.
Thanks.
Now, now. Don't go injecting reason and fact into a good fearmongering effort by GOP apologists.
Never mind the fact that you are correct too.
LOL
It won't be the 46% or 49% that will vote for McCain that will determine who wins, but the 1% or 5% that will not vote for him that will determine the election.
You can denigrate the 'One Percenters' and 'unappeasables' all you want, but you cannot win without us.
Your solution is what? To elect McCain? To accept any Republican when 'Republican' doesn't mean much? No thanks.
I just will not vote for the lesser of two evils any longer. We've tried that for 40 years and all it brings is more evil and the situation in this country has continued to get worse.
We talk about dumbing down kids with the public education system. That's nothing compared to the dumbing down of the GOP to accept candidates who support Democrat goals just because they claim to be a Republican.
Hillary thanks you.
You sound awfully proud of the fact that you can turn the government over to the liberals! We won't forget!
Gee, don't hold back!
Wow!!!! If they shut down FR for that long...I'll have some SERIOUS withdrawal symptoms that are gonna require some SERIOUS psychiatric help.
You need to calm down and get out in the trenches to get YOUR candidate elected and quit fearmongering this issue.
I understand your passion, but you need to calmly think of what your hysterical knee-jerk reactions will do (third party candidate votes will help the Dem get elected). I don't want McCain, but I'm sorry I won't go the route of letting Hillary Clinton get in.
We are constantly faced with voting for the lesser of two evils. There is time. The conservative voters in this country need to raise up a better choice. If we don't we only have ourselves to blame when we once again have to hold our nose and vote for one more RINO.
We lost the US Senate in 2000 when Cantwell defeated Gordon in Washington State because 2% of the electorate refused to vote for the lesser of 2 candidates and voted Libertarian. Cantwell won by about 2000 votes, many of those probably fraudlent in the King County DemonRat pile of bile. How many of those 2% would have voted for a Liberal like Cantwell??? None!!!!! That loss tossed the Senate into a 50-50 tie and allowed Carbuncle Jeffords to jump ship and give the Senate to the DemonRats. How much damage was don in that 2 years???? what was lost during that time?? I wonder how many of those principled Libertarian voters would have done differently later. we didn't leap into the mess we are in and we will not leap out. I think the "I will not vote for the lesser of 2 evils" idea is worse than not voting and a potentially catastropic in a close election.
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