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1 posted on 05/28/2008 9:48:18 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
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voters will not believe them until they believe his colleagues are capable of acting in a way that is consistent with conservative principles and contrary to their parochial, political interests.

That's never happened and, I've come to believe, never will. To govern conservatevly would take a wide-spread altruism contrary to selfish human nature. For that reason, conservatism as a viable form of government suffers from the same conceptual flaw as communism, and won't work in the real world.

2 posted on 05/28/2008 9:59:50 AM PDT by mikeus_maximus
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The problem with the Republican Party today is it no longer knows how to say "NO!" to government handouts.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 05/28/2008 10:06:14 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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The Farm Bill was the perfect chance for Republicans to show that they are changing their ways back to a fiscally conservative party.

With the track record they have shown ever since taking majorities in both houses of Congress, nobody is going to believe their rhetoric about being fiscally conservative until they actually start acting like fiscal conservatives.


4 posted on 05/28/2008 10:07:30 AM PDT by Badger1
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GOP: Was it murder, or suicide?


11 posted on 05/28/2008 10:35:59 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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Dunno if Pres. Lincoln actually said this, but it is still true.

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

—Abraham Lincoln “


13 posted on 05/28/2008 10:57:23 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Socialism is the feudalism of the future.")
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