Posted on 05/22/2007 9:29:44 AM PDT by SittinYonder
If Tancredo and Hunter are DU/Libertarian candidates, the GOP is lost.
If Seung-Hui Ch? had not been allowed to immigrate hither, the Virginia Tech massacre would not have happened.
In spite of the author’s passion, the piece comes off as an unfocused rant.
Tom Tancredo's positions are not extreme for the Republican Party. Of course they weren't. Now that George W. Bush - biggest government growth, ever! - and Rudy Giuliani and McCain are the party leaders, I guess you're right. Tancredo is extreme.
Yeah, but here and there are points worth discussing.
Sorry. The facts show otherwise. Protectionism is a far bigger danger. Also, this idea of a third party just plays into the hands of liberals and allows them to take over completely.
What is going on right now with the immigration issue shows that we do have power over elected officials when we get off our duffs and let them know.
What exactly is “conservative” about: high trade barriers, public ownership of businesses, large government budget deficits, or government subsidies for special interests? Those are all things neoliberalism is against — classical liberalism for that matter.
The term “liberal” doesn’t mean the same in the U.S. that it does elsewhere. (Or at least used to mean.) The term was co-opted by socialists in the U.S. Of course, the new American definition of “liberal” is spreading to the rest of the world — so it’s just a matter of time before no one remembers a time when being a “liberal” wasn’t all bad.
BTW, “liberal” and “libertarian” are not synonymous.
WhiteGuy,
That is a bit to drastic. First of all there will be Fred Thompson who has a good chance at getting the candidate. Please don’t go to far in thinking that those three are the only good picks. Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Duncan Hunter are hard sells. Duncan Hunter lost 50 percent of his support this week according to Rasmussen Poll from 2 percent back to 1 percent. Mitt Romney would be a candidate that you might support also. I can understand Rudy, but McCain might be a great War President. The only thing I ask is that you don’t make such drastic choices until you really see who the candidate is going to be. Who knows maybe there is still someone out there that has not announced yet that we don’t know about.
Sincerely,
Bob
I’ve already made my choice.
Not that it’s any of your business anyway.
I agree, and that's where I diverge with Ron Paul.
I agree precisely. Feed them some of their own Chinese dog food.
We've got good candidates in the race this year, but Tancredo is the one who has the consistent, across the board conservative record.
And with this line, the credibility of this piece whirlpools down the the bottom of the toilet and is whisked away...
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Agreed!
I will be voting for either Tom or Duncan. Whom ever comes out ahead in the early Jan 2008 voting.
With this one sentence, Basil proves himself to be a mo-ron.
And the responder proves he knows nothing of history. Either that or a Claremont Institute follower. Pretty much the same thing.
The Democratic party of the mid 19th century, while not completely conservative, held closer to the ideals envisioned by the Framers. Meanwhile the Whig/Republicans were too busy pushing a national bank, internal improvements, and other nonsensical ventures put forward by ilk like Hamilton, that fool Clay, and his lackey Abe under the auspices of the 'American System'. As to the article
Bush's foreign policy is not conservative. It is Wilsonian nation building.
Can't be said loudly enough.
He left out Fred Thomposon or even Newt Gingirch who engineered the Contract with America.
Otherwise, I totally agree with him.
THe Republican Party has been betrayed by the Bushes, the McCains, the Giulianis, the Hegels, the Snowes, etc.
But his isolationism is a bit extreme.
The only thing I ask is that you don’t make such drastic choices until you really see who the candidate is going to be.
You know what, you seem very sincere, and I appreciate that.
But unless there is a drastic change, a 180 on a number of issues.........issues that have been made possible only by republican control of government for the past 6 years, I will be voting the Paul / Tancredo ticket regardless of who the gop candidate is.
Many will be able to over look some of these republican initiatives(credit Jim Robinson):
The war.
Failure to secure the borders.
Amnesty.
McCain-Feingold.
Big government.
Big spending.
Abortion.
Gay marriage/gay agenda.
Gun control.
Failure to protect private property.
Failure to abide by the constitution.
Failure to enforce the law.
Corruption.
Too many RINOs.
Lack of spine.
Loss of testicles.
Failure to run conservative candidates.
I will not.
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