Posted on 05/11/2006 8:25:42 PM PDT by Burr5
There has been a rising tide of opinion expressed these last few days on Talk Radio regarding the impulse to vote against Republicans in the upcoming congressional election in order to punish them for their whorish pandering to illegal aliens, their fiscal irresponsibility, and their general disregard of the demands of the conservative base. I have heard echoes of this on Rush Limbaugh, Mike Gallagher, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Rielly.
We should be worried about this attitude. Especially those of us who remember 1992. In George H.W. Bush's second presidential attempt, a conservative rebellion (over tax policy) and the insurgent candidacy of a purported "economic conservative" (Ross Perot), resulted in the election of the most venal, irresponsible, demogogic criminal in the history of American politics. 43% of the electorate was enough to give us eight years of Clinton.
So would sitting this one out, or voting for a Libertarian get us closer to where we want to be? Everyone realizes that a conservative temper tantrum at the polls will only serve to grant power to the Democrats. Would this "teach the Republicans a lesson"?
Perhaps. But where would we be then? We are at war. The Democrats believe the war is Bush's fault. 9-11 was an aberation. It will not happen again even if we don't listen in on Al-Qaeda's phone conversations. We will be safe if we pull out of Iraq. There will NEVER be a justification for bombing Iran's nuclear facilities. There will be no more war for oil, and yet the Caribou in ANWR will still be safe from the predations of Exxon-Mobil.
Domestically, we can expect the likes of Charles Rangle and Ron "Red" Dellums to hold the reins of power in the House of Representatives. The Bush economy will not be destroyed; things will simply become more "fair" for women and minorities.
And, of course, the great gains we are making in the corrupt, tyrannical judiciary will come to a screeching halt. If you're alright with the "right" of irresponsible young women to hire doctors to shove a metal implement into the skull of their partially born babies, and to have them crack open the skulll, vacuum out the brain matter as the tiny arms silently flap around, and then throw the corpse into the trash, then the make-up of congress may not be of much importance to you when the next confirmation hearing comes around. Chairman Leahy- Say no more.
Politics is a TEAM SPORT, ladies and gentlemen, and one does not express one's dissatisfaction with the team's effort by aiding the opposing team.
Do not let the party of treason, greed, corruption, infanticide, demogougerey, hypocricy and judicial tyranny gain power.
It could take another forty years to get it back.
Oh, you have it correct; it's the foamers who don't!
Thanks for that link... it looks really interesting and useful
http://www.acuratings.org/
"Flaglady, it's the MEDIA picking and choosing what you hear from "turncoat Senate Pubs, some Reps, and Prez Jorge Bush" that is stirring you up.
You're falling for soundbites from interviews 50 times as long. That's EXACTLY what the liberal media wants you to do."
You know, your phony condescension is wearing real thin. To think you accuse so many of your fellow Freepers of having no minds of their own, and that we are all swayed by the very MSM that we all despise, is an insult of very great magnitude. Which makes me think you are a one dimensional Bushbot and Johnny One Note. Your silly point will be ignored by me as well as many other Freepers who know how hollow your "argument" is. Find a new one.
Yes if they are breathing when the bill passes and are in the US, they pass!
Just out of curiosity I Googled the alledged "Topological Geometry". Apparently you are wrong. An exact phrase search came up with 10900 entries in .13 seconds.
http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~klausd/Liege2001/Topological-Geometry.html
BRAVA!
Here it is. The strong-arming. Vote our way or else.
"BUt don't most Republicans in the Senate envision that the House bill when combined with the Senate Bill will have tough border controls and thus not be a open border bill."
Republicans have control of the Senate. If they intended to have strong border control they would have put it in the bill. No one knows what would happen in a conference committee with the House pushing for secure borders and the Senate pushing for amnesty.
Except when they arrive in the Congress all of a sudden the roots just don't seem to hold. They just stick their fingers in the political wind and follow it blindly to nowhere.
Great post!
If we lose this ISSUE we lose our Contry. Wake up.
See post 365. Hope you don't mind me helping out here. We seem to have one amongst us that likes to post drive-by, arrogant, proudful of him/herself statements. I've posted some replies to nopardons but havn't gotten a response. Must only be interested in trying to make themselves look important. "Oh look at me!!!! I've found the Caps button!!!!" How rude.
I do not deny we have some liberal bishops in the USA. That situation is slowly improving. However Cardinal Mahoney is not the end all of Catholic thought on this immigration(legal or otherwise) issue. He is perhaps the public face of this issue because unfortantly he is in California. The Catholic Church has recognized that there is a social aspect to the Gospel. Catholics are not stuck between the false choice of some Socialist communist liberation Theology on one hand and do nothing as to those porblems on the other. The Church has always had a consisent policy as to this issue. It says the State has a right to control it borders but also states that a State has certain obligations how it treats people(illegal or legal). This has been formulated by Popes from Pius XII that was very Pre Vatican II.
That is what many Catholics are trying to do as to this immigration bill. The problem that Catholics are facing is that many families might be torn apart by certain proposals that are being circulated. Many Catholics ,such as Sen Brownback, and other Evanglicals find themselves in a situation where neither side is going to be pleased by a stance that tries to honor both sides in this debate and the moral obligations of both. That is the State and the illegal alien.
My reps are two dems and one repub. I hate them all. I didn't vote for any them. I vote for conservatives regardless of party. It's just such a novel idea not many can grasp it. They can only understand the lesser of two evils.
Tough luck for me.
Country. sorry.
Yes, Dems HAVE become GOPers...RONALD REGAN, for one.
Nope. That is not to say that I am completely thrilled with everything that's going on, of course. I am not too thrilled with the rhetorical abuses on here as of late, either.
Then, I guess that FR doesn't have the monopoly on the stupids, uneducated, and easily manipulated by the MSM and the Dems. ;^)
That's true...with one caveat; DO YOU LIKE YOUR CANDIDATE/PARTY TO WIN ELECTIONS?
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