So do you value your party more than the saftey and security of your country?
It would seem so. I've seen that same type of sentiment on alot of threads. It's disgusting.
"Since I can't have it my way, I want the other guys to screw up bad so I get to play I-Told-Ya-So"
We have a chance here to try and find some middle ground with the Dems.
Providing we don't act like we're two years old.
I'm sick of politics. Can't we just do what's right for a change?
What a ridiculous question. It's not an issue of "party." It's an issue of long-term viability of the country.
If conservatives are going to retake the House, Senate and WH, in '08, it's going to take a combination of factors to defeat incumbency.
1. The GOP is going to have to nominate conservatives, not moderates or RINOs.
2. They're going to have to get the message out that the candidates are true conservatives, not moderates or RINOs, interested in reducing the size and scope of the federal government and fighting a proactive War on Terror.
3. They're going to have to have a platform, to include a true agenda of tax reform (not just cuts) and reduction in the size and scope of the federal government, that the candidates are willing to support and then enact.
4. The incumbent Dems are going to have to spend the next two years promoting their causes of liberalism.
I believe the long-term viability of the country depends on a conservative government. A vital component of achieving that in two years is for the Dems to go hog wild. If they are on their best behavior for the next two years, the moderates in the country will vote for the incumbent and Nov. 5, 2008 will feel like Nov. 8, 2006. Then we'll be dealing with multiple-term incumbents who will be harder to beat; the Dems will be better positioned if they grow their majorities and take the WH to increase social spending, make cuts to the military, grow the power of government, increase the tax burden, etc. etc. etc.