Posted on 05/06/2006 9:51:50 AM PDT by Sonora
Current poll:
"A time for choosing: It appears that a significant number of our members are so disgusted with the GOP's failure to secure our borders against illegal aliens that they are willing to risk all by voting them out of office, even if it means Pelosi, Reid, Hillary, et al, are allowed to take charge. Is this the best course of action or should we be working harder than ever to hold the line and actually try to make a difference by getting more constitutionally-minded conservatives elected? Are you willing to give it all up or are you more determined than ever to keep the Marxists out of power?" _____
So far, 13% of members and 18%+ of participants in this poll say - turn it over to the rats. What's with that? I cannot believe that 13% of those posting here are so stupid or angry with what is happening that they would turn to the rats for the way back to perfect. Now, 13% will result in a winning vote, in a lot of cases.
Anyway, I guess that there is no compromising for some people - just dig a hole and live there while the rats are in charge. I'm so disappointed.
Al who?
The Dems would work to ensure that we would NEVER win another election.
Think Justice Dept, CIA, court appointees, etc.
They don't really like dissent, and they have ways of going after it. (Imagine no F.R!)
As a practical matter in politics, you can expect only a fraction of what you really want. If you get too insistent on getting 100%, you get nothing.
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Tag Line Alpha
Democrats - - the party of blames, lies, accusations, and subversion. The once great party of Roosevelt now chooses Stalin.
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The other are the self proclaimed "true conservatives" who want to see the Democrats in power in order to "show" the GOP and to impeach "BuSHIT". = morons who will hurt the country just for spite.
My suggestion to them is to take hemlock.
It seems the majority of that 13% are so upset over the illegal alien thing they are willing to overlook the gains made by the Repubs. It's a real shame.
I won't vote for a Dem but I sure as heck won't vote for Rebub either. If either of them wanted my vote then they would do what we ask of them. Since they do as they damn well please I won't waste my gas getting to the polls.
To make an omelet, first eggs must be broken, or something like that, nez pas?
Their " Shame " is MY Shame.
Sad but true.
" It isn't the things that you DO...but rather the Things that you leave UN-DONE...that give you a bit of heart ache..at the setting of the sun."--Famous Poet--but I don't do autographs.
"WE" are the ones to Blame--if anyone. Right?
( No!..No..No! this is NOT like a Clavin & Hobbs Cop-out one liner!! " MOM! you should have KNOWN not to let me alone for even a minute!!"..)
But "WE" should have know to keep TRACK of not just WHO we have " Batter' UP!!" but WHO is NEXT ON DECK!!
"WE" do NOT HAVE a " Next on Deck " to use as leverage AND a Threatening Push to keep Those Conservatives who do go off the path in line!!!
And then again--maybe--just like the Romans--"WE" held our " REPRESENTATIVES " too Highly and left By Themsleves!---Because we alos Held our Own Ideals TOO HIGHLY !!
Thinking that the High IDEALS of :
--Protecting our SECURITY : ei.- Boarders, Illegal imm.
--STICKING UP for Our President during attacks!!-not
ever thinking Rep. Senators & House would care about
themsleves FIRST!!
---SAYING WHAT YOU MEAN!!--even IF it could mean being
Voted DOWN! Translated: Losing YOUR own Power & Prestige.
No--"WE" are to blame really--WE expected Too MUCH from them--and did not re-inforce in THEM the point that IF YOU STAND STRONG!! We WILL stand with you!!
MAYBE they "thought" too--like Elitist democrats--that they were AUTOMATICALLY going to get Voted in by proxy of no-one ELSE is running to challenge them!
But "WE" also never told them too--you CAN be FIRED!!--BUT--We WILL stand with YOU--IF you stand with the WHYS we voted you all in inthe first place.
( Except for those who " Changed Color " AFTER being voted in!! can YOU say, " TRAITOR!!" boys and girls!!)
DAB
p.s.--when was the last time I saw any of YOU at a PW rally in NYC? SAN DIEGO?? D.C.??
Quit your whining. W and the Republicans have BECOME the Rats, they need to be voted out. How supportive of the military is it to let enemies into the very houses of their families due to NO ACTION on our border security?
You can call us spoiled brats, be we call you good little cattle.
You are kidding yourself if you think this is over a single issue. This over McCain/Feingold, Prescription Drug Benefit, Corruption, Exploding Growth of Federal Government, failure to enact Social Security reform, failure to enact tax-reform - in other words - complete abandonment of conservative principles.
Keep kidding yourself and thinking that the Republican party will start behaving responsibly - it's not going to happen unless they pay a severe price for their incompetence.
The less often this is spelled out, the better.
However, the great majority of voters will vote Republican or Democrat out of force of habit so voting for a third Party merely puts the unsplit party in the White House. That is how we ended up with Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House.
It is foolish to throw out the Party "brand loyalty" that will automatically get you 70% of your voters on Election Day. If you do that, the Democrats will be handing out U.S. citizenship papers and Democrat Voter Registration Cards at the Rio Grande.
If the current crop of incumbents is failing miserably, the solution is not to leave the Republican Party but to thrown them out of Republican Party office.
Any Republican primary candidate that makes stopping illegal immigration a priority will do very well on Election Day and has an excellent chance of unseating the current Republican Congresscritter who is soft on the issue.
Don't leave the Republican Party.
CHANGE IT!
I agree. I usually like these FR polls but this one had only 2 choices. I'm not much into either/ors or shame polls. I passed on it.
Agreed. If RINOs are not aborted, the GOP will continue to reproduce them. [I'm sure as RINOs they appreciate choice.]
Republicans are NOT a FAR better choice than the Democrats, only slightly better these days.
Not enough for me to excuse leaving our borders wide open.
Agree with you. The left will only be worse. We have to stand up WHILE the R's are in office, not throw tantrums at the end of their terms.
If you want to see a change, vote a third party. There is not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats.
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