Holding my nose and voting Republican

Townhall ^ | Oct. 25, 2006 | Linda Chavez

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I am a fellow nose holder. But I just had this thought: what if the Republicans retain control of house and senate and they continue to act like junior democrats. How many will hold their nose twice? I don't know that I can. Message to Republicans in office - change your ways.

[airborne]

So we vote Republican and keep b!t@hing to our guys about what they need to do to represent us better.

There is absolutely no benefit to electing Democrats!!

NONE!!!

[buck61]

I would rather hold my nose than my ass.

A good assessment of the situation we find our selves in.

As for as Newt, I think the GOP has gotten so rotten that he himself wouldn't want any part of the Republican Party in its present state.

[Nav_Mom]

but I will not vote for any party who allows illegal invaders to remain in the U.S. Which is why you're NOT voting democrat?

[Nav_Mom]

Are you voting dem? Or sitting this one out?

[TommyDale]

I would not vote Democrat for ANY reason.

[stuartcr]

Not completely decided yet. I don't really like Drake, but Kellam brings nothing anywhere. I don't like Mr. Allen, and was not the least impressed with anything I've heard or read from him, or what he's done, but Mr. Webb doesn't seem like he is ready for Washington, I think he would just end up being a party hack like Allen.

[Nav_Mom]

This is getting so damn old.
The Free republic is full of post giving rock solid reasons to stick with the GOP.
Yet, those who continue to want to pout & "punish" the RINOs never really offer sound reasons for their childish protest.
Let me ask you this, since you claim to want the GOP to run on "our own agenda" i.e. YOUR agenda...
Please explain how any conservative agenda will see the light of day with a DEMOCRAT majority? If you do choose to respond spare me the laundry list of complaints & answer my question with specifics. If you can. Which conservative agenda will the Democrats take up for you?

[TommyDale]

Abortion, partial birth abortion, school choices, taxes.

[Nav_Mom]

Sorry my last post was meant for stuartcr
My bad

[TommyDale]

I think the time may be right to start preparing for a Conservative Party for 2012. It's too late for 2008, the GOP has already selected Giuliani, McCain or some other RINO as their nominee.

[TommyDale]

There are also many Democrats who are not gun-control freaks.
Many issues are there to appeal to both parties, without forcing us to choose only a RINO. But if one is forced upon the party, the conservatives will bolt.

[maxter]

Sure, we can hold our nose this time and vote Republican because the alternative is not an option. However, they need to get the clear message of our expectations once the election is over and we need to hold their feet to the fire and make our collective voices heard on any future pending legislation. WE THE PEOPLE....

[Nav_Mom]

I disagree, the MSM has selected our nominee..
Not the base. Ignore them.

[stuartcr]

OK

[MHT]

Even the phrase "hold your nose" and attitude that somehow voting Republican is anything but a gift is sophomoric.

In 1992, William Safire led a campaign for conservatives to "hold their noses and vote for Clinton" because Bush didn't measure up to his Reagan-esque expectations. He thought the "remedy" would result in a temporary situation and that we could take it back in '96.

Such a stupid, stupid idea. We're STILL paying for the likes of the moderate hold-your-note gang of '92! Tax hikes I'd thought we'd NEVER get rid of, a legacy of denigration still imitated by American youth, and the two-for-the-price-of-one-special placing Hillary in the mix for '08.

With the likes of Pelosi and Rangel, we are guaranteed to never get rid of the estate tax (unless you have the good fortune to die by January 1, 2012) and the do-nothing-Congress will be doin' impeachment. The hypocritical prima donnas in the Senate led by a "simple son of a miner" who lives in the Ritz will be sandbagging judicial appointments in hopes of Hillary filling the slots.

The results of Safire's advice should have taught us one thing----NEVER, NEVER, NEVER vote for a Democrat. Sure, the Republicans are far from perfect and some are infinitely better than others--but in any comparison, the Democrats are WORSE!

Thank heavens that there IS an alternative to voting for the arrogant, elitist, micro-managing, socialist, socially progressive Democrats!

[OESY]

New MRBM (Medium Range Ballistic Missile) and/or IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) systems are in development in China, North Korea, Iran, India, and probably Pakistan. These are strategic systems, and most will be armed with nonconventional warheads. Russia no longer produces or retains any MRBM or IRBM systems, since they are banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which entered into force in 1988.

North Korea has ambitious MRBM and IRBM development programs. The North Koreans have developed the single-stage No Dong MRBM. Based on past North Korean activity, the No Dong, or the technology necessary to produce it, may be sold to other countries. Two new two-stage missile systems, the Taepo Dong 1 and the Taepo Dong 2, also are in development in North Korea. The maximum range of the Taepo Dong 2 may be sufficient for it to reach some targets in Alaska.

Iran is also working on the development of two new MRBMs. These missiles probably are being developed with the assistance of other countries. The development of long-range ballistic missiles is part of Iran's effort to become a major regional military power, and Iran could field an MRBM system in the first half of the next decade.






Democrats = No Missile Defense.

It is no coincidence that so many tests under Clinton were failures.







For the sake of your children, can you afford to play
"You Bet Your Life" dependent on Kim Jong Il's goodwill?

[OESY]

For years Hollywood has not only disgusted domestic movie goers,
but has projected an image of The Ugly American to audiences abroad.



It took Bill Clinton to reverse foreign disdain for American culture
and to boost our favorable ratings into the stratosphere.


Question: Will Democrats elected in 2006 follow the Clinton model
to get others around the world to love us? You vote. You decide.

[13Sisters76]

A guest worker program, properly conceived and administered seems unlikely- if it doesn't begin as, it will certainly end UP as, amnesty. We have no need for a guest worker program. Immigration, suitably increased, and LEGAL is all we have ever needed and all we will ever need.

Something they could do- empower local police to hold any they find without proper documentation until picked up by INS (which should be kicked OFF its butt and made to DO ITS JOB). The idea that we can or would round up "11 million people" in a day and pack them on busses is absurd. All it takes is to grab those we find, as we find them, photo 'em, print 'em and boot them back across the border.

An even more expeditious idea is to go after those, with a vengeance, who hire illegals. THESE are the real lawbreakers. I don't, for a moment, believe they "didn't know". These greedy SOBs exploit a bad situation to save a few bucks and THESE are the people who should pay- and pay dearly. After the fines (and jail time for repeat offenders) it is then the IRSs turn. It should be law that the IRS must prove that they spend at least 25% of time and resources pursuing those who hire illegals. One more thing- we should be taxing that money wired back to Mexico (or wherever) at a rate of, at least, 40%. Funny how breaking American law becomes the third biggest part of Mexico's economy.

Illegals are just that- ILLEGAL. They have no right to be here, they add nothing to our culture and do nothing good for our economy. They DO keep wages down, add to the crime stats, and are strenuously pursued by the democratic party as a source of voter fraud. Legitimate immigrants, naturalized citizens and ordinary citizens are treated to their nervy demands and are taxed for their upkeep.

I must ask- your assertion that there is no immigrant problem in Europe gave me pause. I spent three years in Germany and one of the biggest complaints I heard from German and French citizens was about the "immigrant problem". There was a lot of hard feeling for the Arab and Polish immigrants whose numbers grow by the day...were they just pulling everyone's leg?

[13Sisters76]

Our fight must be during the campaigns and in the primaries. THIS is where we make the changes needed. Eventually, we may even be able to push another "second party"- like the Libertarians. But for now, Job #1 MUST be the permanent defeat of the demonRATs. We can't allow them to ever take control again, and for me, this means holding my nose for as long as it takes for conservatives to get REALLY mad.