Posted on 10/13/2006 5:47:04 AM PDT by Small-L
The Republicans have been a disappointment, to put it mildly.
But they are not the catastrophe that the Donkeys would bring.
If the Donkeys regain control, get ready for:
. Higher Taxes
. New assaults on home-schooling
. Appointments of flaming leftists to the judiciary
. Another round of weapons bans
. More stringent "gun control"
. Caving to Islamo-fascist and NoKo blackmail
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Your post is not entirely correct because the "we" assumes it is the same as Republican.
From very early on it was obvious that although there was a Rebublican majority in the Senate, there was far from a conservative majority. There were a few called moderates by some and RINOs by others who would not participate in a lock step majority vote.
To tar the whole congress for the views of a few is bad. To try to keep voters from voting a purist ticket rather than a best available option is also a bad course.
You forgot impeachment.
Having said that, Viguerie wouldn't argue with your points - only that the alternative is a reward for Republican Big Government. Address that.
Irey and Harris.
Run as a REAL conservative against the machine and change the party from within.
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You should read Human Events. Chock full of stories about the Bush administration strong-arming maverick conservatives to vote for the Prescription Drug Benefit (as well as other big government pork) at the risk of losing re-election campaign money and endorsements from Bush and the RNC.
With these new touch-screen voting machines, it is now possible to vote with one hand while holding your nose with the other.
This article is dead wrong. I don't want Nancy Pelosi running anything!
Big Goverment is a given. It's been accepted by the base on both sides of the aisle. The only question is what (marginally) different flavor of socialism you want.
Erase the $1.4 trillion cost of 9/11, and the subsequent $800 billion spent in Iraq and we may be talking surpluses here. Iraq started the war in 1991, signed a peace treaty to pause it, and then starting violating the treaty in 1994. We're finishing the war that Clinton should've taken care of 12 years ago. Not to mention Clinton should have eliminated Bin Laden long before Al Quidea had a chance to grow into a movement.
Is that the same prescription drug plan that Demo candidates for Congress in CT are assailing because it was "George Bush's plan?" Seems like this was an all around loser for GWB unfortunately.
Reminds me of the high school outreach we have with the Libertarians, Dems, Greens in front of the kids.
The Libertarian is this freaking nutcase who things EVERYONE is a socialist except him. He thinks that ANY government spending is equivalent to living in the USSR.
The fact is, we have a system that demands our legislators to spend money...even if they don't want to. Our Republican congressman has done a great job of not bringing pork back to the district for 12 years, but this year he finally got into a tight contest and guess what happened??? How about a million dollar grant to a local art group, a few million for a river restoration project, etc...
The system is designed where legislators buy votes with tax dollars. Thats how it works. Even Republicans, if they want to stay in office, will ultimately fall prey to it.
The difference is, how much they are willing to do it...and how much the Dems LOVE to do it.
I'll say it again.
These arguments are nonsense.
If you want to make them during the primaries-- go ahead. I don't even agree with the substance.
Making these arguments before a general election are absolutely arguments to VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS. Everyone who continues to post such nonsense should be treated accordingly.
There is nothing that prevents individuals from reducing RINOS are any ideological defect in the PRIMARY proces.
No one can seriously maintain that a majority dem congress would do any good at all. Most importantly, a dem congress would signal american enemies to attack us as weak. WE all know that. It is an advertisement to kill US soliders.
What a choice !
I used to think so. In fact, that's precisely how I coped with X42's reelection in '96.
But, given what passed as "conservatism" from Reagan and Geo. W. Bush, I'm all but convinced the conservative movement is dead. It seems we won't see real conservative governance before the liberals take this nation to the brink of collapse. And, then?
Nothing short of an actual revolution will bring actual conservatism to the forefront. Until then, it's painfully obvious too many people (even self-appointed 'conservatives') want big government.
Classic Loser Libertarian Strategy.
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