Posted on 05/08/2006 7:04:26 PM PDT by mwfsu84
If I had told you on 9/11/2001 that we'd go four and half years and counting without another terrorist attack on US soil, would you have believed me?
If I had told you that US-led forces would secure Afghanistan in just a few months...something the Soviets couldn't accomplish in ten years...would you have thought I was crazy?
If I had told you that Saddam was gone, that Khadaffy had renounced terrorism, and that Iraq was on the verge of becoming the second democracy in the Middle East, would have thought I was on medication?
Sometimes in our disappointment of this administration, we often forget some of the positives. The economy is strong. More Americans are homeowners. With tax cuts, we're spending less time working for Uncle Sam.
And if you take those benefits for granted, just imagine how much different things would be under a President Al Gore.
So if the president's stance on immigration and spending upset you - and they do upset me - what are you going to do about it? Stay at home? Nothing could be worse for conservativism. Your non-support will usher in more immigrants, higher taxes, and weaker national security.
If the GOP loses Congress, George W. Bush will be removed from office. Nothing would embolden terrorists more. How can we be counted on to wage an effective war when we can't even decide who our enemy is?
George W. Bush isn't the enemy. But that's exactly the message conservatives will send to the world if they stay at home this November.
If you're upset with W. on immigration - write him, write a Republican Congressman, let him know how you feel. It was conservatives who got Bush to change his mind on Harriet Meirs.
I promise you, a Democratic Congress won't be nearly as responsive to your needs.
Looks like you're fixin to get a whole lot angrier.
You need to grow up and place blame where blame belongs.
It's all about the Mexicans!!!
I'm confident a Democratic congress will be just as responsive as the Republican congress has been.
You're on the list.
I will gladly vote for any conservative Republican candidate that respects the sanctity of life, the 2nd Amendment, and the security and sovereignty of our borders.
If they don't meet those requirements (and the likely Senate nominee in NJ, Tom Kean Jr., does not), I will probably stay home or vote Constitution Party.
The answer is not less Republicans in Congress, it is MORE!
If the GOP loses Congress, George W. Bush will be removed from office. Nothing would embolden terrorists more. How can we be counted on to wage an effective war when we can't even decide who our enemy is?
George W. Bush isn't the enemy. But that's exactly the message conservatives will send to the world if they stay at home this November.
Very well said and you have it exactly right - On the whole I truly believe the majority of the base is going to come together this Nov -
2008 primary will be the place to have the larger fight - We are currently in a war and we cannot allow the anti-military, anti-American, anti-sucess in the WOT democrats become a majority in Congress.
I'm thinking this whole thread is destined for failure.
What list is that???
You're right. Staying home is stupid. I intend to vote third-party instead.
It was conservatives who got Bush to change his mind on Harriet Meirs.
And do you think he would have if he knew there was no chance of said conservatives bolting in '06?
I'll know what to blame if the Dims get control of Congress and help prepare the way for Hilary in the White House.
The list of Democrat supporters. You're on it, too.
Conservatives are a slim majority in this country and democrats are cowards. I for one don't intend to sit around and cry if they take control. I intend to treat them the same way I treat RINOs. They might end up being more responsive.
Politics isn't for the weakkneed or faint of heart.
Go cower somewhere else.
Well. Perot was right about NAFTA. On the other hand, he gave us eight years of Bill Clinton. Choose your poison.
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