In the year 2000, on this forum I predicted that conservatism just might suffer near total destruction if George Bush was elected. Boy were the hoots and wailings loud over that one. Today, less than two and one half years later we have almost no one at a national or even a local political level to stand up for conservative principles on most of these topics:
1. The sanctity of our sovereign borders.
2. The flawed ideology that sees people from terrorist states "STILL" able to immigrate here.
3. The inspection of goods into our nation still being executed at a rate of on 1 to 3%.
4. Ballooning federal expenditures that are with some exceptions, simply indefensible.
5. The proposals or support for "Great Society" programs that bear more connection to Roosevelt and Johnson than to Ronald Reagan.
6. A 70% increase in funding for a department of the federal government that indoctrinates our children with regard to homosexuality, socialism, the debasement of our founding fathers et all, but seldom teaches them the true value of our system of government, founding principles or culture. This same department does it's best to implement moral relativism, which implies that there is no right or wrong, it's all about self-respect, if you've got that then everything is fine. This same department has a hard time teaching our children to read or write or do math skills. In some areas of the nation, it just doesn't.
7. Massive financial support for a communist nation that has done more to destabilize the world than any other in the last decade.
8. The coddling of foreign leaders who criticize our laws and urge their citizens to disregard them, then damn our nation if it doesn't facilitate this activity or takes any measure at all to stop it.
Yes, this is something to be proud of Luis. Nobody stands up on each of these issues, although they are bedrock. Now there's something to crow about.
Instead of lamenting this situation, you run around this "conservative" forum crowing that this this is true and my isn't it grand. I'm hard pressed to imagine a Democrat doing any different.
Instead of acknowledging that it is a sad situation that there is no one who stands up on these issues, you damn the folks who say they won't support anyone who doesn't as being disruptive or destructive to a party that has already destroyed itself and is headed toward destroying something much more important.
Well, party hearty Luis. Things are certainly looking up for the ideals you stand for.
Here you are, go find yourself a rooftop.
To: Luis Gonzalez
I'll be more than happy to support a conservative when one is eventually lofted for us to support again. Until then I'll keep reminding you that leftists are not conservative.
74 posted on 08/01/2003 10:14 PM EDT by DoughtyOne
Fiddle until we "loft" a candidate up to you, looks like the work has to be done by someone else, so that you can walk in and claim title to the victory.