Bush And The Conservatives

The Washington Post recently ran a "Washington in Brief" round-up of news on page six that included a small item noting that President Bush was bucking the NRA and other gun owners by backing a renewal of the so-called "assault weapons ban" that affects certain semi-automatic rifles. Since it only offended conservatives, it wasn’t front- page news.

This wasn’t the only piece of disappointing news to conservatives. In an action that got slightly more attention, the Bush Administration decided not to seek a critical resolution from the United Nations Human Rights Commission about China, despite a recent State Department report citing such abuses as torture, forced confessions, killings and arbitrary arrest. No such resolution has ever been approved by the Human Rights Commission, which is headed by the dictatorship of Libya, but U.S. sponsorship of such a measure would have sent a strong message of where the U.S. Government stands. President Bush talks about freedom in Iraq. Why not in China?

In another significant development that was ignored or played down by the major media, Marc Racicot, chairman of the Republican National Committee, met with leaders of the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual lobby group, at a luncheon in Washington. Conservatives were alarmed, noting that the meeting was kept secret and first reported in the Washington Blade, a gay newspaper. A Republican spokesman said Racicot was "honored" to meet with the homosexual group. Also to the delight of homosexual Republicans, Bush endorsed a $15 billion AIDS bill emphasizing condoms, rather than changes in risky behavior. That got favorable coverage from the editorial writers of the New York Times, who are usually anti-Bush.

The Human Rights Campaign contributes to candidates who advance the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and even transgender agenda. The letter involves people who dress like members of the opposite sex or have sex-change operations. The Human Rights Campaign favors legalization of homosexual marriage and legalization of adoption by homosexuals. It has funded the campaigns of 21 Republicans in the House and three in the Senate.

Meanwhile, in a bow to environmentalists, the Pentagon had an Earth Day celebration on April 21, hosted by acting Navy Secretary H. T. Johnson. This was typical under the Clinton-Gore Administration and we are surprised to see it continuing under Bush. After all, environmentalists have interfered with the ability of our Armed Forces to conduct training in the U.S. on military bases where huge tracts of land have been set aside for the benefit of supposedly endangered species. The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from five major environmental laws, which it says are compromising military readiness.

Conservatives like Bush’s leadership on the war, his appointments to the federal courts, and his push for lower taxes. But some policy decisions and stands on key social and foreign policy issues have not escaped notice, even though they haven’t been covered prominently in the press.

SODOMY:Why Is the Church Silent... Again? She has been silent as mainline denominational churches have brazenly boasted of their "open and affirming" policy toward sexual perversion. She has been silent as the sodomite propagandists engage in the worst sort of demagoguery and intimidation to shame and confuse the general public into accepting and affirming "gay and lesbian" youth. She has been silent as tax money has been used by the Public Broadcast System and the government school system to brainwash Americans into accepting and embracing homosexuality. She has been silent as Republican politicians and elected officials, including President George W. Bush, have quietly provided the citizens of Sodom a giant leg up in their quest to complete the sodomizing of America. Last, but not least and certainly not conclusively, the Church of Jesus Christ has been for the most part silent in the face of a new Bible edition, the Oxford Annotated Third Edition to be exact, which contains pro-homosexual footnotes.

Chuck Baldwin -- Bush In Bed With Homosexuals? Why not? Why expect a politician to take a stand, while the church falls flat on its face in silent tolerance?

Project FREEDOM: Official Web Site of US Rep. Ron Paul More importantly, however, the debate about certain types of weapons ignores the fundamental purpose of the Second amendment. The Second amendment is not about hunting deer or keeping a pistol in your nightstand. It is not about protecting oneself against common criminals. It is about preventing tyranny. The Founders knew that unarmed citizens would never be able to overthrow a tyrannical government as they did. They envisioned government as a servant, not a master, of the American people. The muskets they used against the British Army were the assault rifles of the time. It is practical, rather than alarmist, to understand that unarmed citizens cannot be secure in their freedoms. It’s convenient for gun banners to dismiss this argument by saying "That could never happen here, this is America"- but history shows that only vigilant people can keep government under control. By banning certain weapons today, we may plant the seeds for tyranny to flourish ten, thirty, or fifty years from now.

GOV : Basics of the Second Amendment

GOV : Why They Hate The National Rifle Association

President Bush's Judicial Nominees Represent A Legacy Worth Fighting ForTo be honest about it, President Bush's nominees for the federal bench have been better than either those nominated by Reagan or his father. They are extraordinary. If Bush can fill all the vacancies in the federal court system, even if he should be denied a second term, then he will have made the greatest contribution a president can make

Wake up and smell the roses. Bush is not particularly conservative except as a social conservative. Is he conservative on the issues of:

2nd amendment and right to bear arms? No.
Stopping illegal immigration? No.
H-1Bs taking American jobs? No.
The Peoples Republic of China screwing us over on trade, stealing intellectual capital, and being a general future threat? No.
Cutting government spending? No.
Reducing the size and scope of big government? No.

Bush is merely a social conservative. That is it.

It is only because the DemonRats have become so socially corrupt and Leftist that they make him look very, very good. Yes, he is strong against the terrorists. That's his job. Of course Clinton was a failure at that, but comparing him to Clinton is not really the point -- Clinton was clearly in the top 5 of the list of worst of all Presidents the USA has ever had.

Right now Bush can basically say 3 things:
(1) He is prosecuting the war on terrorists (but if any are sneaking across our Southern border he better hope they don't do anything major between now and election day 2004.)
(2) He is for tax cuts.
(3) He doesn't cheat on his wife.

And he has one major, major thing going for him. The Leftist loonytunes are running the DemonRat party. There is no credible challenge on any issue from the DemonRats.

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