[Conservative Goddess]

"Instead of voting based on fear..."

That's the difference in a nutshell. We won't cast a ballot based on fear. We dare to hold the Republicans accountable. I've also heard it described as the difference between the longterm view of the party vs. short term. Fear forces you to look only at the short term. Moreover, fear is a very powerful tool of manipulation. And when someone tries to use fearmongering on me, it only makes me more resolute.

The principled among us want to improve the party and we are willing to work toward a longterm goal, realizing that we may have to make distasteful, but necessary short term sacrifices.

[Texasforever]

The principled among us want to improve the party

Riiight

[sinkspur]

Want this guy setting foreign policy for the Democrats?

Murtha urges speedy return of troops from Iraq (cut and run alert).

[onyx]

The principled among us want to improve the party and we are willing to work toward a longterm goal, realizing that we may have to make distasteful, but necessary short term sacrifices.

I'll stick with THIS GUY'S principles.

To: Carry_Okie

Well, there is the Republican party with some conservative members and some not so conservative and then there's the evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party. I'd rather have a conservative Republican in office, but I'll take a not so conservative Republican over any evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat any day of the week.

And I might express my unhappiness with some of his policies but I think I've learned my lesson about irreversibly trashing the Republican office holder or the Republican base or the party itself (at least not too much trashing). As they say, the alternative is unthinkable.

34 posted on 03/02/2006 3:15:02 AM EST by Jim Robinson

[maine-iac7]

The principled among us ...

Cock a doodle dooooo