No matter how much you hate to reward the Republicans for their utter failures since 2001, here's the alternative:
Posted on 05/11/2006 8:59:01 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
WASHINGTON - If Democrats win the 15 seats they need to get control of the House and the five seats they need to regain the Senate, how will that change the nation’s direction?
For some Democratic activists outside Washington, the overriding need, once their party regains the majority in Congress, is for them to shift the balance of power away from a president they see as dangerously powerful.
Democratic blogger Matt Stoller said in an e-mail interview with MSNBC.com, “We have policies we’d like to see passed,” mentioning such items as an increase in the minimum wage and “a fix to the prescription drug debacle.”
But, he said, “the key issue for us is checks and balances…. Until Bush is forced to respect the law, policy talk is somewhat irrelevant. The Constitutional crisis comes first.”
With Democrats at the helm of congressional committees, the party can pursue a strategy of investigation and subpoena — forcing Bush administration officials to testify and to turn over documents relating to, for example, the National Security Agency surveillance program.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
HENRY WAXMAN, D-Calif. Waxman is considering probes of an array of Bush administration actions, from treatment of al Qaida detainees at the Guantanamo Naval Base to “manipulation of intelligence that has gotten us into Iraq.”
JOHN CONYERS, D-Mich. The veteran of the 1974 Nixon impeachment effort wants the House to create a special committee to investigate “manipulation” of pre-Iraq war intelligence to seek evidence which “may constitute grounds for possible impeachment” of President Bush.
If any of you are thinking about boycotting this falls election because you think the republicans aren't doing what you want, you better think about what's going to happen to this country once Pelosi and crew are put in charge.
Yep. Can't d*mn the future of our country and children because of some RINOS. Just deal with them as opportunity arises...
It doesn't really matter because even if every last conservative votes GOP we can't overcome the illegal voters coming across the border.
Manifesto of the Communist Party
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
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Oh wait...they have accomplished most of this already!
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It's heresy to say so, but the problems with both parties is why we need a real 3rd party. Not likely to happen though.
"If any of you are thinking about boycotting this falls election because you think the republicans aren't doing what you want, you better think about what's going to happen to this country once Pelosi and crew are put in charge."
Amen to that. No matter if it's a RINO or not, we must keep Republicans in the majority. We have no other choice.
It is a healthy American trait to be wary of the government......regardless of which party is in charge.
Bush has done much to alienate his base.....
I understand why so many people doubt his motives.
Nothing would get done as their "majority" would likely be slim and the GOP might once again start acting like Conservatives and block everything the DNC proposes. So after a couple years of stalemate (a good thing) and political shenanagins by the DNC, the public will have another chance to re-elect a back-to-being-Conservative GOP back into the majority.
No matter how much you hate to reward the Republicans for their utter failures since 2001, here's the alternative:
Make Bush discover his veto pen, at last.
George Bush will still be President, and Republicans can not possibly go below 50 seats in the Senate.
In 2009, on the other hand...
The time to protest the GOP is in the primaries. I plan to vote against EVERY incumbent I can.
The GOP is not as Conservative as we would like, but the Dims are NOT even an option.
Conservatives will NEVER control 100% of the GOP, but we must be the majority, and we will have to let the liberal RINOs win occasionally, or they will join the Dims and become the majority. Political power comes from numbers. More Conservatives, more of what we want. More Leftists, more of what THEY want.
Yeah, the reality is that we still have a conservative majority in this country, particularly among Congressional districts. The Democrats are going to have a good year this year, particularly with the White House proving completely resistant to any change or outside criticism, but it won't be a realignment election. Many Democrats elected this year will lose their seats to competent conservatives in future elections.
1. impeach bush
2. raise taxes
3. pass national health care
4. withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan
5. cut defense spending
6. bend over for the UN
7. ratify Kyoto
8. pass guns bans
A republican majority would take much longer to accomplish all this (except item 1)
No boycott planned here. I'll do whatever I can to ensure these socialist dems are allowed to wreak more havoc.
Yep. And I send back $$ solicitations with comments, not checks...
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