Posted on 11/10/2006 5:22:19 PM PST by You Dirty Rats
Since Tuesday almost all of us have been saddened and angered because we lost Congress to the 'Rats.
Why?
How did our united, magnificent victory in 2004 end up achieving so little and lead us to defeat in 2006?
There are many reasons, but tonight I focus on ONE.
IMHO the term "RINO" is overused. While looking at an ACU rating list I noticed only one Republican Senator with a score below 50 and below any 'Rat Senator - Chafee. I felt he was the only Senate RINO.
But there is another -- far, far worse. He had a lifetime rating of 80 -- yet he is the ULTIMATE RINO!!
Freepers, many of us have been upset the past two years. For some, it was Terry Schiavo. For others it was when Voinovich stabbed Bolton in the back late. For others it was the border issue.
But for me, and I suspect many others, there was another moment that ended our 2004 victory and began our 2006 defeat.
We all don't think alike and in 2004 we worked hard to re-elect GWB for different reasons. One reason I believe at least 95% of Freepers share -- JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS!!!
And here -- The President kept his word. His nominations, on current evidence, are better than any other President. Yes, he goofed on Miers -- but he corrected that error and it all worked out.
For YEARS, ever since Bork and Thomas were humiliated, we Conservatives waited and worked for victory. We reached 55 Senators and had the "nucular option" ready. We were all set to blow the 'Rats judicial obstruction to hell. I, like many Freepers, was on the Live Thread waiting for the moment when the 'Rats had to step aside or be blown to hell. Victory was at hand ...
... and then that grandstanding jackass whose bitterness at losing in 2000 ate away at him decided it was time to rain on our parade and form the infamous Gang of 14.
Freepers, isn't THAT the moment in the past two years when we threw away our victory? Isn't THAT when Republican turned against Republican and our unity died? Isn't that moment when our fate this Tuesday was sealed?
And WHO LED THIS???
MCCAIN!!!!
MCCAIN is the ULTIMATE RINO -- not because of his voting record, but because he stabbed the President, Bill Frist and all of us in the back!! It was horrible that the President and Frist caught flak from some conservatives on this when they were victims of McCain's Mutiny!!
AND NOW THAT DIRTY BACKSTABBING RINO WANTS TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2008? HE DOESN'T HAVE THE DECENCY TO WAIT A FEW WEEKS AFTER TUESDAY??
Freepers, I urge all of you -- DO NOT SUPPORT THIS STINKING RINO!! He has wrecked our Party and should be shunned, not supported for President!!
The way I feel today, I might actually stay home if McCain faces Hillary -- because I can't support a candidate of our Party who turned on our Party like that.
MCCAIN, YOU DIRTY RAT!! YOU WILL NEVER GET OUR PARTY'S NOMINATION! DON'T GO AWAY MAD ... JUST GO AWAY!!!
I can't agree with that. If we are going to be stuck with a creep either way - I'd rather the dims get the blame than the Republicans.
I'm tired of voting for people I don't really support. That's just not right.
We CANOTT allow ourselves to be bedeviled with the problem of living with McCain
The guy is not stable enough to run this country.
I'm prolife, see the screen name... and I'd rather nominate Rudy than McCain after what McCain did with his gang. Now McCain wants to act like the uniter when if he would have been a conservative leader, we probably wouldn't be in this mess!
I hear you. I voted for DeWine even though he sickened me. I wouldn't blame you for being angry at anyone who stayed home in 2008. I don't like quitters.
McCain, however, just went too far. The MSM loves him. He's been nothing but a source of discord since 2000. I do not trust him and never will. He's loved by Chris Matthews for a reason -- he's a plus for the libs and a loser for us.
Ping for later read...
For as much as Bush and congress have done right, other things: borders, Miers, McCain/Feingold, amnesty, the drug benefit plan, SS reform, and the poor selling of the Iraq war leaves the GOP with negative brownie points in my book.
We wanted conservatives we got sold a pile of garbage.
I never had the honor and pleasure of voting for your fellow Arizonian Senator Goldwater in the '64 race, so let me be the first to endorse your candidacy.
I'm so sick of Savage....I think he's just become power hungry and he's pissed that the Republicans didn't kotow to him. I think he must be hell to work for also. For a while I liked him, sort of. I've moved on to Mark Levin...a much saner guy whose motives aren't in question.
Fair point on CFR -- McCain's assault on our Constitution. Bushbot though I am, it was disgraceful that the President didn't veto that attack on Freedom of Speech.
This how we lost, MSM coupled with McCain, Hagel and Lugar(Better known as McHagar) Lugar was JUST reelected...(as a way of spitting in our faces)
Lets see ...
Joined the family business.
Crashed in flight school.
Was in the middle of the Forrestal fire.
Got shot down.
Spent years in the Hanoi Hilton.
Came home.
Drank heavily.
Cheated on his wife.
Got another government job.
Bashed his own party.
Kissed and made up with the Vietcong.
Betrayed the first amendment (McCain Feingold).
Betrayed the military (McCain Kennedy).
Sounds like presidential material to me ...
Sounds a lot like the last three Democratic presidential nominees, in fact...
totally misplaced anger.
in retrospect,the gang of 14 was a good move. it got us Roberts and Alito. and if we had changed the rules, we would now have lost the ability to fillibuster as the minority in the next senate.
And WHO is the leader of those Senators that effectively denied us a real majority even though we had 55 seats?
McCain, the MSM's Republican nominee.
He's the Chicom's Manchurian Candidate.
LOL - you rock.
I tried to write his name in the snow but ran out of ink.
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