[Fledermaus]

Thanks to all the GOP wimps in the Senate. Especially Bill Frist who hasn't got the heart (get it, he's a heart surgeon) to fight the Dems filibusters by forcing a true, 24 hour filibuster.

Force the Dem Senate candidates to have to leave the road to nomination and fund raisers and make them sleep on the Senate floor.

But no. Instead the GOP yet again caves and the Dems sharpen their attacks even more.

So could someone please explain to me why, after 25 years of supporting the Republicans, I should bother to even vote in 2004?

Cowards all.

[Jim Noble]

Especially Bill Frist who hasn't got the heart

Bill Frist may or may not have heart.

But he doesn't have the votes to do what you would have him do.

[bimbo]

So could someone please explain to me why, after 25 years of supporting the Republicans, I should bother to even vote in 2004?

This is a damned good question for any Republican seeking political power. I am pretty sick of voting for Republicans thinking that I am supporting Conservative, Constitutional issues. If those Republicans who have the power will not support Conservative Judges and Constitutional issues, what are we expected to do?

[montag813]

Thanks to all the GOP wimps in the Senate. Especially Bill Frist who hasn't got the heart (get it, he's a heart surgeon) to fight the Dems filibusters by forcing a true, 24 hour filibuster.

Amen. Bill "Limp Wrist" Frist and his fellow faggots in the GOP Seneate "leadership" are true cowards. But the buck stops with the President, who chose this "new tone" nonsense over the strong exercise of power by either (1) Forcing 24 hr filibusters or, (2) Making recess appointments.

What galls me also are these FReepers who say "Bush respects the letter of the law" by NOT making recess appointments. This is foolish idealism. Meanwhile dozens of vacancies go unfilled on courts that then retain Klintonian majorities...free to strike down religious freedoms, abortion restrictions, enforce gay mandates et al.

It is all about POWER. And Bush has mostly squandered his high ratings between 9/12/2001 and 9/12/2003 by failing to push through anything (but tax cuts) which wasn't first approved by Ted Kennedy. Very disappointing.

[WatchOutForSnakes]

I can't tell you why you should vote Republican because I have the same questions. My question to all of you "Bushbots" out there and all of you Frist lovers is what do you think now? For months some of you have bashed those of us who question Bushs and Frists will to fight for conservatives. I knew Frist never would because from the very beginning myself and others have stated over and over again in this forum that Frist had no backbone.

It should be becoming evident to all of you now that neither does George Bush. He has always been a go along to get along president and his only interest is getting re-elected. Over and over again he has given in to the democrats on major issues. Well I'm fed up with it. Where will I go?? Who will I vote for?? I don't know but unless Bush shows some interest in real conservatives and real conservative ideas it won't be for him. It's easy to nominate someone conservative. It's another matter to actually fight for them.

Frist and the whole Republican party are a bunch of no good wimps and they deserve to get their butts kicked by the democrats. Say what you want about democrats but they actually do fight for what they believe in. Republicans don't.

[Consort]

So could someone please explain to me why, after 25 years of supporting the Republicans, I should bother to even vote in 2004?

So that the Democrat strategy — to discourage weak Conservative voters from going to the polls and electing a filibuster-proof GOP majority — doesn't work. Conservative whiners are worse than Liberal whiners.

[Rebelbase]

"So could someone please explain to me why, after 25 years of supporting the Republicans, I should bother to even vote in 2004?

Cowards all. "

It strikes at the core of conservative values to be weak and afraid, yet that is exactly what the Republicans have done. The Republican willfulness to bend over and hand the Dem's the KY over and over again is proof that there is but a small minority of true conservatives remaining in government.

[Trust but Verify]

It really is disgraceful on the part of both sides. the Dems for blocking him and the Pubs for not forcing a real filibuster. I wrote both of the disgusting Senators from Wisconsin and called on several occasions. They lied and lied about why they opposed him. I literally screamed at their staffers and told them they were lying and that SOME people weren't fooled by their lies. Bottom line is, they don't give a sh!t.

[Zack Nguyen]

The rout will continue so long as Senate Republicans would rather lose on nominations than sacrifice a night's sleep by forcing Democrats to keep talking on the Senate floor or otherwise playing as rough a political game.

That about says it.

[Coop]

His withdrawal should embarrass Republicans who have been outwitted on judgeships by Ted Kennedy and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who are orchestrating the first filibusters of appellate-court nominations in American history.

That's right. It's all the GOP's fault!! Never the fault of the Dems - just like impeachment. Let the stampede begin!

[Coop]

by forcing a true, 24 hour filibuster.

No matter how many times this 24/7 dicussion is put down, someone keeps bringing it up like it's a legitimate option.

[Ciexyz]

The Demopukes got the better of our Prez, that's for sure.