Posted on 08/10/2006 9:48:23 AM PDT by new yorker 77
Many Democrats may hate the war in Iraq and itch to dump the president, but a new GOP survey shows that Republican base voters stand ready to jam the November polls to return their team to Congress. A three-page-survey memo obtained by Washington Whispers reveals that despite reports of some dissatisfaction with the economy, the war, and President Bush, 81 percent of Republican voters are "almost certain" to vote and an additional 14 percent say they are "very likely." It goes without saying that they'll vote Republican: By a margin of 84 percent to 6 percent, they will pull the GOP toggle switch in the voting booth. And here is something you don't hear very often: 88 percent of Republicans approve of how the prez is handling his job. What's it all mean? Analysts say that GOP voters are ready to dig in and play defense against the charges Democrats are tossing at Republican candidates.
The memo also helps to define what issues work for Republican candidates. The survey--officially tilted "Base Mobilization Survey Finds and Conclusions"--divided the issues into foreign and domestic. On the foreign side, it's all terrorism and war with polling that finds GOP voters back the war, worry about Democratic attacks on the fight against terrorism, and think the Patriot Act, moves to tighten the border, and even telephone surveillance are good things. And their favorite domestic issues aren't a surprise: They are pro-tax cuts, big on cultural values, and worried that Democrats want to put too much bureaucracy in healthcare. Another nonshocker: They don't like the media's war stories, thinking that they are too negative. Some 60 percent of the GOP base expresses "extremely high dissatisfaction" with the coverage of the war.
Is that what you do? Because I certainly don't need to call the mods to deal with the likes of you.
And sense you seem to have lost track, you attacked ME on this thread.
gop voters are going to vote for the conservatives and hopefully vote against the gop phonies who always vote with the democrats.
Where were you when Clinton was giving away technology to the Chicoms?
Where were you when he let Bin Laden slither away?
Where were you when the Clinton administration treated the first World Trade Center bombing as a law enforcement matter?
Where were you when Janet Reno blew up the religious cult near Waco?
Where were you when the thugs took Elian Gonzales from his home in the U.S. at gunpoint and shipped him back to Castro?
Where were you when Jimmy Carter caved in to the Islamofascists in Iran and gave them the ultimate sign of weakness that led to the situation we're in today?
Please tell me again that the Democrats can't destroy this country! It makes the same amount of sense as the rest of your posts. ZERO.
Have yuou learned nothing from the recent past?
Big-government RINOs are also the enemies of conservatism.
And it was.
The only one whining here is you........you little spineless wonder.
(Now you see........THAT is 'name-calling.' Get it, protozoa?)
Now stop crying, and be a man.
Fool.
Who specifically, are you voting (or not voting) for this fall? I'm asking because I'd like to know if your discontent filters down to the specific candidates running in your state/district (and can you give examples), or are you just blowing hot air?
Me, I have the choice for Senate between what some call a RINO (I don't) and a slick member of a criminal enterprise (otherwise known as the Ford family). I know who I'm voting for, and why; it has NOTHING to do with what's going on nationally.
What about you?
So you support the Republicans massive increase in spending over the past few years?
That is a good candidate for the "most ignorant post of the year" award.
Most Conservatives are Americans first, and Conservatives second. They will do what is best for the country, as they see it.
Most Liberals are Liberals first, and Americans second. They will do what is best for the Liberal Cause, whatever the Hell that happens to be at any given election cycle. They could not give a damn about what is best for America. They always hold the view that the ends justifies the means, and that they know exactly what is best.
I trust conservatives to do their duty to their country.
Which conservatives am I attacking?
I'll second that
As opposed to letting the Democrats take control....I certainly do.
You'll never get the perfect people in there...there's always going to be some things you disagree on, but your solution to let the Dems have it by default is absurd and you ought to know better.
Grow up.
Now I'll exit this inane thread and leave you all to have a few more cheap shots before the mods "exit" me in response to all the whining abuse reports which always follow the exchanges with the namecallers.
How about this for a possibility............beeler doesn't LIVE in 'this country.'
He's not an American at all.
The Dims can't destroy his country, because it's not OUR country.
(OK.........a little far out, but he's a such a moron, that I had to come up with something that makes some sense).
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