Vote as you please, but I will give you a piece of advice from Common Tator: If conservatives stay home and don't vote, those who are elected will be beholden not to conservatives, but to moderates. You will then find candidates moving leftward to satisfy those dependable voters. The end result will be that the Republicans move leftward, and you will get less of what you want.
And, of course, if the democrats regain power you will get NOTHING of what you want and a whole lot of stuff that you don't want at all.
"If conservatives stay home and don't vote, those who are elected will be beholden not to conservatives, but to moderates. You will then find candidates moving leftward to satisfy those dependable voters. The end result will be that the Republicans move leftward, and you will get less of what you want."
If a Republican runs on a liberal platform, with a liberal track record, and I vote for him, he will take my vote as acceptance of his posture and conduct. He will not get sworn in and say to himnself, "BOY, I'D BETTER CHANGE MY WAYS", now, will he?
Actually, no. This is a matter of national survival. If the WH is able to pressure the House into accepting amnesty, then GOP House members are toast. There are people who were not just precint workers in '04, but actual electors, that would be supporters of articles brought by Dem House managers in '07.
OK Miss Marple -- That's Good.
And the strict judicial appointments Are Good -- Those are presidential appoinments of course, and 2006 is NOT a Presidential Year. VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION!
I have NOT been very impressed with GOP support generally, and the post earlier "hissy fit", is exactly what I'm talking about. Heard that attitude before. I think THAT attitude expects me to keep voting for republicans, and to keep being satisfied at the end of the benefit line.
If the ones that are in there now move left they won't cross a damn line to get there.
If this immigration bill passes it won't matter who conservatives vote for their will be enough new voters who only want what they can take from this country, to join that half already here that want the same thing from the country they love to hate, to put conservatives in permanent minority status.
Bush and His globalist friends including those that are Democrats know what is riding on this death knell of a bill and are going all out to get it passed.
He doesn't care what we think or whether it hurts the Republican Party or not.
The stakes are much higher than Party and it is not about immigration.
It's about the future sovereignty of the U. S. and it's place in the New World where Business and Commerce is king.
They know if they get this immigration bill passed and flood the country with those protesters [new voters] you seen on TV, that the United States is finished and will be just another face in the crowd in the Global Community and you'll never get enough Conservative to stop it much less reverse it later.
Which party is in power in Washington will matter even less to the people really in charge of the world governments than it does now as they will be elected figured heads only.