Posted on 04/12/2006 10:21:27 PM PDT by FairOpinion
After the amnesty proposals, Meirs, runaway spending, cfr, etc I am seeing less and less differnece between the rats and the dems. I am off the respencican plantation.
Indubitably... and capitalism begets communism.
Both true and false. On some issues there is very little difference in the way they are resolved. I have a TON of criticisms of the Republican party (I am not a registered Republican, but rather a Libertarian), but one would have to be blind to miss the deep philosophical chasm that separates the two parties.
After everything is said and done, though, we have a representative republic, and that means the leaders we have are US. The corruption, dishonesty, thievery, cowardice and general smarminess you see from Congress is a mirror image of what is in society. That is why we will NEVER see change from the top down, unless we scrap our system of government altogether. In a free society, change always bubbles up, rather than trickles down. At the risk of sounding like a raving fundamentalist, a Christian revival is the best and last hope for our system of gov't as it is. Perhaps you know of another source of societal transformation, but my review of history shows none.
Otherwise, we will see frustration mount from otherwise good people like yourself, who will increasingly and willingly cede more and more power to another savior, in the vain hope that they will do what we cannot find the courage and influence to do ourselves. I see this both on the issue of terrorism, immigration, and the "war on drugs." We see things that should be done, and we are frustrated over our inability to make them happen, and so we call for ever increasing expansion of federal powers so that the fed can impose our will on a recalcitrant population. We are voting for the very destruction of our society with the best of intentions, in the name of saving it.
In that area, you are correct, there is very little difference between the two parties. In fact, in that area, there is very little difference between many freepers and the socialist loons over at the daily Kos. Both are more enamoured with their pet issues ("security", immigration, etc) than freedom, and are willing to kill freedom in the name of saving it.
I understand what you wrote, but have you ever tried to change the minds of liberal politicians? Frist et.al. are not ideal, but they beat the alternative.
thanks for posting this one. It explains why the MSM and Democrats are united as never before to attack, malign, and destroy George Bush. The MSM wants democrats to regain power so they can have the fun of covering censure or even impeachment proceedings. Democrats want to oblige them.
Here comes the good news, money quote. Any quote from the Cook Political Report can be taken very seriously, and here is a big one, good news for us:
""If this election comes down to the individual, race-by-race, case-by-case campaigns, like we've seen for the last four cycles, the Democrats don't have enough top-tier candidates to win 15 seats," Amy Walters, a House political analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said, referring to a net gain. "But they do have enough second- and third-tier candidates who can ride a wave."
I've said it before and will again.
Mid-terms are about base turnout. If you are a Republican, the GOP base currently outmatches the Dem base.
Doing things that infuriate your base is damn stupid. They won't lose because Democrats convert more voters. They could lose because their own sit home.
Bush will just refuse to enforce anything but the amnesty, anyway.
It's what "conservative" third parties do.I also believe that Nader and the Greens ran aganst Gore.
Third party candidacies always are a form of fratricide against the major candidate to whom they are most similar. They are "better," when better is the enemy of good enough (or, in the case of Gore, bad enough).
I guess you think 60% of FR is "Dem operatives", according to the latest poll.
I can't believe the number of people who are deluding themselves.
Jim Robinson is not just right, he's damn right.
Maybe it's the Do you prefer Dog food or Cat food argument.
"The moderates run both parties."
Actually, the Far left and Far Right run both parties. They have the money. The moderates are trying to have it both ways(which is why they are moderates and have no convictions)
There is nothing new under the sun.
Look, we all know this. This is not rocket science. Incumbency is awesomely powerful. A vote or non vote to punish the GOP by not being conservative enough is a vote that cannot be undone for decades. Yes, decades. If you live in a marginal district, that is, one where the winner wins by < 10%, then giving a seat to a Dem seals in fundraising advantages and advantages in having staff go to Soc Security offices for constituents and all sorts of incredibly powerful realities That Cannot Be Undone.
A brief exercise in petulance turns into decades of condemning your family and neighbors to life under a hard core leftist who will ALWAYS vote for far left Democratic leadership in the House hierarchy and for Speaker.
This is simply not rocket science and not new. You vote to nominate who you want nominated. If you don't get your preferred nomination, it is YOUR fault, not the party's. YOU didn't work hard enough for that candidate. YOU didn't fund raise enough. YOU didn't make your case well enough and YOU didn't persuade enough people.
Once past the primaries, you vote to deny the leftward most candidate who is viable power. Period and full stop. Doing otherwise is unprincipled and immoral.
"The Perot voters gave us 8 long years of Clinton."
And in Wisconsin, the Libertarian voters who voted for goofy Ed Thompson, have given us many l-o-n-g years of "Diamond Jim" Doyle (D, WI) as Governor. His motto is "Pay to Play" to business, special interest groups, teachers and union thugs.
Having witnessed it myself, your theory is sound in my book. :)
Amen, Brother!
And hence the Contract With America was born along with a Senate and House majority. Look what happens when the Republicans get slapped by their own, they re evaluate their priorities.
You are an advocate of Democrat victory and are on the wrong website. Your convoluted logic is irrelevant. There is no nuance to victory. You either oppose leftist victory or you do not.
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