Posted on 05/20/2006 5:11:47 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
As a candidate in 2000, George W. Bush was a Rorschach test. Country Club Republicans saw him as another George H.W. Bush; some conservatives, thinking wishfully, saw him as another Ronald Reagan. He called himself a "compassionate conservative," which meant whatever one wanted it to mean. Experts from across the party's spectrum were flown to Austin to brief Bush and reported back: "He's one of us."
Republicans were desperate to retake the White House, conservatives were desperate to get the Clinton liberals out and there was no direct heir to Reagan running for president. So most conservatives supported Bush as the strongest candidate -- some enthusiastically and some, like me, reluctantly. After the disastrous presidency of his father, our support for the son was a triumph of hope over experience.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"Back in 2000, I was stunned by the overwhelming support he got in the primaries. I mean, any one of the contenders, besides McCain, was a better choice."
Er, because McCain *was* the other major contender. Everyone else was flyweight class.
Well we HAVE Newt.. the very opposite of all those things and more.. The ONLY republican the democrats are AFRAID OF.. But then the RINOs have "BORKED" Newt pretty good..
The question IS.. can a REAL "conservative", "republican" even BE elected?.. Could be the answer is NO!.. And that a large part of the republican party "have become" RINOs.. Afraid of "the Gamble", cowards.. Like with capitalism, big rewards are always risky.. When you will not take the risk better that you work for someone else.. Socialism OR Capitalism?.. RINOs prefer socialism.. less risky.. you know a "safety net" and all that..
I realize that, however, I was quoting Zook in the part you referenced to me.
The article is right on in my opinion.
" The illegal alien problem was/is a deciding issue for me. If I can't trust the Republicans to fix a no-brainer like this, then what the heck are they good for?
I am sick and tired of being told "you gotta vote for the pubbies anyhow because if you don't big bad Hillary is gonna come eat you up, nyah nyah nyah!""
I'm angry too. Check my blog:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/
That being said, on immigration, every horrible amendment and piece of the train wreck the Senate is creating is engineered by the Democrats.
This bill, bad as it is, is a liberal bill and just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what a Democrat Congress would give us. We are seeing how bad things can get if we get a RINO+Dem governing majority.
That's because the major donors and the GOP leadership got behind McCain and Bush. They refused to consider anyone else. Ergo only McCain and Bush could become major contenders.
The absolute only way to cure this insidious disease, is to have a four term limit on the house (8 years and you're out no matter what) and a two term limit on the Senate (12 years and bye bye).
No pensions, no perks out of office, zip, zero nada. If you desire to do good for people in your home town or state, fine run for office but never think that anyone owes you a lifetime pension, limo, condo, etc. Earn it the old fashioned way than on the backs of honest taxpayers.
I have absolutely no respect for anyone who ran on term limits then broke that promise. The good people of America remembered George H.W. Bush's "Read my lips, no new taxes." He let politicians "convince" him to break his promise and those same politicians turned on him to remind the voters in '92 of his broken promise and sent him back to Texas.
check this excellent piece on that subject
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1634250/posts
Now that's the Gospel truth.
Murder by definition includes a dead body.
Adultery by definition doesn't include the dissolution of the family. Many millions of married couples have endured adultery, remained married, and made it work.
Not comparable, at all.
There is no piece of unpleasantness that can't be compared to murder. For example:
A)The chef murdered that piece of meat with his moronic sauce.
B) He murdered the clutch of that 1972 Ford Pinto
C) The mortgage payments murdered my disposable income...
You evidently know little of the history of the conservative movement and Viguerie's role in it.
Well, that's certainly true. ;-)
We now live in the age of hyperbole. Makes me long for the good old age of irony.
If they brought back the age of irony, I'd even tolerate the abundance of soul patches and bad 60s movies that seem to accompany widespread irony.
I would, too.
Irony is also frequently accompanied by the poliferation of the dreaded "velvet elvis."
Only two things are not subject to irony,
A)Money
B)Somebody's kids.
why is everyone downplaying this? it's not millions. it's not tens of millions. the figures are approximately 100 to 200 million illiterate, non english speaking welfare recipients. in just the next 20 years.
and even those figures are based on the official estimates of 10 or 12 illegals now. other, equally credible estimates from far more trustworthy sources than the government put the numbers as high as 30 million, and it might even be higher.
even 100 million is a disaster. but two, three, or four hundred million?
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