The anger, the harsh words, the empty feeling, the utter despair, the raw emotion and the bitterness is more pronounced in dedicated adherents who support someone for years with body, soul, time, energy and money, only to be betrayed in the end.
Can you understand this? It's human nature.
We reached high. The fall is harder for us.
This is why you're reading what you consider "hate" on this forum when the outpourings of honest, visceral feelings are being expressed by the finest and most staunch conservatives here. We've been knocked down hard and can't seem to get up right now.
We're into stark reality here, and some still don't get it. Reality has hit us in the face like a cold, dead mackerel and the stench is engulfing the country. The heady victory days of '94 and 2000 are gone and are being swiftly replaced by Orwell's 1984.
Please don't look for too many bouquets of roses for the President any more. You'll be disappointed. Join the club.
Are we conservatives really expected to remain steadfast in a romance that one party to the love affair has irreparably broken off?
Leni
“Are we conservatives really expected to remain steadfast in a romance that one party to the love affair has irreparably broken off?”
Good line, well put.
Ok then, I guess “conservatives” like me really don’t belong on here anymore. I still like the President for a lot of the things he’s done right, things I voted for him to do.
But just because he goes against many (I guess) on this one issue, they’ve turned on him. They call him a traitor, sell out..., well take your pick. They say he should be impeached. Really now, this is going way to far in my own opinion! It’s one thing when the extreme left attack him and threaten impeachment, but people from the other side bad-mouth him, and threaten impeachment, that’s really too much.
Another thing many haven’t considered is this: Our military forces out in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our troops in the war zone need a strong Commander-in-chief to lead them. He has done that well at least, hasn’t he? Have I missed something? Do you people really want to deprive the troops of strong leadership in a crucial phase of the war on terror? If he is impeached, who do you think is going to lead them, then? How is he going to get the job done? Have you that have turned against him, thought of that at all? I realize that people aren’t happy with the immigration bill, I’m not happy with much of it either. But there are some parts that might have merit if they are done right. That’s not all that I think about. Immigration is a deep concern, but not the only one.
There are many other things that he said he’d do, and did accomplish. What about tax cuts, ban on Partial Birth Abortion, conservative judges, strong support for our military, getting us out of world court, and much more. Aren’t these accomplishments good enough anymore? I thought that most conservatives wanted all of that, don’t they?
Because I do still admire him, and appreciate what he’s done on many other things, I guess I’m an oddball on here now. I guess I won’t be upsetting people on here with my honest admiration of our President, Vice-President, and many of our Republican leaders then. I won’t dream of spoiling the general bash-fest of our President and others above. Go ahead and have at it. Just don’t expect me to go along with you.
I just fear what will happen when they go, and wonder what will happen if people on the “other side” get in there. Then I’m afraid people, that we will have a lot more to fear than fighting about immigration.
Good Night