Posted on 11/10/2006 8:01:51 PM PST by Jeremydmccann
Howard Phillips, Chairman of The Conservative Caucus, a non-partisan public policy action organization founded in 1974, issued the following statement concerning the nationwide defeat of Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives:
"The November 7 election results are, to a significant degree, attributable to the policies of the Bush Administration in many areas, in addition to Iraq. These include:
advocacy of amnesty for illegal aliens,
failure to enforce existing immigration laws which require penalization of corporations which hire illegal aliens,
promotion of a North American Union (NAU) scheme to merge the United States with Canada and Mexico,
historically high subsidies to Planned Parenthood,
appointment of open homosexuals to key positions,
massive expansion of the Federal role in education,
increased funding of the United Nations,
expansion of foreign aid,
failure to move forward deployment effectively of a ballistic missile defense,
budget busting expansion of non-defense Federal spending and massive increases in annual deficits and the overall national debt,
trade policies which have undermined America’s manufacturing base and placed millions of American jobs at risk,
approval of anti-family FDA policies such as authority for the distribution of RU-486 and over-the-counter sales of "morning after" contraceptives,
approval of threats to U.S. civil liberties, including elements of the Patriot Act,
signing into law the McCain-Feingold election regulation bill in clear violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
"The tragedy is that the Republican Congressional leadership in the House and Senate, by and large, rubber stamped unconstitutional Bush Administration policies, instead of fulfilling responsibilities of oversight and independent judgment as intended by the framers of the U.S. Constitution which made the Legislative Branch of our government primary in our Federal system.
"One can only hope that, during a time of partisan gridlock, Republicans in Congress will manifest a degree of independence from unwise Bush Administration policies and that the President himself will stand against unwise policies of the new Democrat Party majorities in Congress.
"Tragically, during the campaign season just ended, in most parts of the country, conservative voters, in order to manifest their unhappiness, were put in a position of either (a) holding their nose and voting for Republicans with whom they disagreed, (b) staying away from the polls, or (c) voting for imperfect Democratic candidates.
"Fortunately, in some instances, the Democrats put forward candidates who were more conservative than their Republican adversaries and a handful of these candidates were successful on election day.
"My hope is that, as we draw closer to the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections, Constitutionally faithful candidates not tied to the Bush Administration will receive significant media attention and popular support."
Damn dude. I'll read later.
It's all Michael Savage's fault. There, you have your scapegoat.
Bingo
Bush didn't meet a bill that wasn't worthy of being signed.
"COME ONE COME ALL," he seemed to say.
Signing everything didn't make him seem more compassionate. And it didn't help with the Democrats.
When I did something wrong, I'd blame my sister. My mother never bought it, and neither should we. Let's blame Bush, let's follow Newt, let's go over the cliff.
Exactly. I want someone I can support, not just because he's somewhat better than the other guy. He/she doesn't have to be 100% on everything, but I know we can do better than we've done. susie
Signing everything didn't make him seem more compassionate. And it didn't help with the Democrats.He pandered and pandered and pandered to 'em.
I call BS on that one. Even if it's in fact true, this is still mostly rumors and the average voter likely knows little or nothing about the issue.
Tragically, they did not put forth candidates that WERE more conservative. They only sounded that way. Here in Tennessee, we saw through Harold Ford's mask enough to win against him. But if he had not had his record and family history hanging around his neck, I believe he would have won easily.
I think that your assessment is a bit harsh.
Bush could redeem himself with me if he would just sit in the oval office and veto every single thing coming out of congress over the next two years, and I mean everything!
Are you saying they didn't slander him?
Sad, but true. It is a sad day when conservative voters have to vote for a Dem because he is more conservative than the RINO he is running against.
"My hope is that, as we draw closer to the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections, Constitutionally faithful candidates not tied to the Bush Administration will receive significant media attention and popular support."
Proof enough it's time for a third party, that won't sacrifice its core principles through "bipartisanship", to replace one of the existing parties.
Bush could redeem himself with me if he would just sit in the oval office and veto every single thing coming out of congress over the next two years, and I mean everything!Ok, KoRn, time to exhale. You're going to have a coughing fit if you hold it in that long.
If he vetoed ONE spending bill in the next two years, that would be a major event of historic proportions in the Bush Administration. Just one. I like to see just one.
(See. I called you a dreamer, but you're not the only one. I hope someday Bush will join us, and his Vetos count to ONE.)
Post 2 doesn't say anything except you plan to read the article later. So I'm supposed to know what you're thinking from that? Sorry, without knowing your IP address I can't possibly read your mind. I'm on Windows, not Linux.
Post #13.
You're losing it, kinoxi. Post #13 was my question to you. Is this your version of the old joke about prisoners knowing jokes so well they only had to call out the numbers and all the other prisoners would laugh?
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