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ArGee,

Even though the Republican Party is the majority party in name only (at least in the senate where we have Specter, Snowe and Chafee, for example, who nearly always vote with the left) we must inundate committee chairs and Dr. Frist with personal letters demanding that dems be held accountable for their actions and that the Republicans develop a backbone.

Case in point......Miguel Estrada. If the obstructionist dems who are so in debt, literally, to naral, now, planned parenthood and other organizations whose mission in life is to maintain the legality of infanticide, want to filibuster his nomination, then they should be made to filibuster the old-fashioned way. Enough of this gentlemen's agreement that states all you have to do is "say" you are going to filibuster and it will then require 60 votes to approve a nominee. Make the rats stand, not sit, but stand at the podium and hold the floor 24 hours a day, if they want a filibuster.

I personally would pay to have a camera trained on fat Ted Kennedy after he had to sit in the senate chamber for about 20 hours without a drop of alcohol.

In the past, when the right has shown some backbone, the left (and I include the media as part of the left) jumps on the issue with both feet. They scream intolerance or partisanship and guess what....the right backs down everytime. Has Moran suffered for his pathetic remarks like Trent Lott did? Although the left still tries to intimate impropriety on the part of VP Cheney and Halburton, does anyone from the right call a press conference and question the conflict of interest involving Daschle's influence on bailing out an airline for whom his wife is a lobbiest?

ArGee, I have had numerous arguments with friends over the past months regarding the participation of neighboring countries in the war to disarm Iraq. I have contended and contend still that the heretofore politically inactive right will act in the same manner Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kiwait etc. have acted; once clear and firm leadership and trust of that leadership has been established, the masses will be energized and follow. We haven't seen that happen because the Republican majority has not given us any reason to rely on them to be firm, forceful and unflinching in the face of a dem/media onslaught.

I think the first step we must take is to inundate Dr. Frist, Tom Delay, Rick Santorum, all committee chairs and any other Republicans who have a backbone, with letters of support and conservative mandate. Insist that Dr. Frist hold a daily press conference discussing all that has not been accomplished because of the partisan, obstructionist actions of the dems. Express a willingness to contribute to the salary of an aide whose sole responsibility would be to gather sound/video bytes of dems at their partisan worst. These bytes should be incorporated in the press conference.

We have to show men of honor that we will follow and support them if they lay it on the line.

I've wasted cartridges of printer ink drafting letters to my two worthless, dangerous senators, Kohl and Feingold. I have written them more times than I can count and primarily on the issues you have outlined in your post. I get a form letter in return and a stamped signature. Writing them is futile. I believe a better course of action would be to ensure that worthy Republicans know they can count on our financial and vocal support for being steadfast in their convictions.

I am aware this has become a rant, but I do not believe I am alone in feeling impotent when a majority party is made to cower by a bunch of whiny, power-hungry socialists.

I believe the first step we must take is to rally Republican legislators. Let's abandon the futility of attempting to convince dems to act like adults.....it isn't going to happen as long as they continue to prevail when they act like children. How impressive would it be if Dr. Frist had 2 million letters brought into the senate chamber, all of which compel him to keep the senate in session until Miguel Estrada, Priscilla Owen and Judge Pickering are approved? No recesses, no time off, no time to campaign until the task is complete.

We have to go on the offensive.......a strategy foreign to the Republican Party. I'm writing my letter to Dr. Frist in the morning.

Sorry for the rant, my friend, but the dems are destroying this nation and we must act to stop them.

God bless,

EODGUY

I am aware this has become a rant, but I do not believe I am alone in feeling impotent when a majority party is made to cower by a bunch of whiny, power-hungry socialists.

No apology necessary. Perhaps it is the rant of a Somali soldier who was not given sufficent cover to exfiltrate in the event a plan goes awry?

We have to go on the offensive.......a strategy foreign to the Republican Party. I'm writing my letter to Dr. Frist in the morning.

It's the nature of that offensive I thinke we need to discover. It didn't take long to get Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks to apologize. That was a good campaign but what exactly did we do? How can we translate that and scale it up to the level of "Shock and Awe?"

I don't think letter writing is the issue, unless you can help tally the letters or deliver bags of them by hand at a press conference. (Remember "Miracle on 34th Street?") They can always send a form letter back and ignore the issue in public. You're right the media is against us so we must be able to win even in that environment.

I wish I had ideas, but that is why I posted here. I'm looking for them from a large number of brilliant people.

I certainly appreciate your insight.

Shalom