[Libloather]

Bring on the Beast...

[Support Free Republic]

"Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our
wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,
they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
- John Adams -

Make your statement.

[Dog Gone]

I know I should just let them destroy themselves, but I also know they won't listen to anything I say.

That's not exactly correct. They listen, but their hatred requires them to reject it.

Either way, it works out fine for us.

[My2Cents]

I agree. My take is that the biggest loser yesterday were the Clintons. They clearly dictated strategy in the recall defense for the Democrats from Day-One.

[MonroeDNA]

Spot on.

[CodeMonkey]

So now that the Republicans are the majority party when can we expect to see fundamental overhauls in issues like taxation, gun control, economic regulations, vouchers and other important issues? Oh wait, with the way the Republican-majority Congress is spending we might as well have the Democrats in power. Monkey see, monkey do apparently.....

[colorado tanker]

Rush is right. The Dims are their own worst enemies. Darn shame, ain't it?

[My2Cents]

It focused on fiscal matters, and on those matters Schwarzenegger is conservative.

It would have been nice if Rush had said this in the lead-up to the recall election.

[nutmeg]

read later bump

[cwb]

"They don't trust the people or elections, which is why they want the power to mandate things rather than go through the legislative process."

Which is why as their legislative abilities decline, the courts get more outrageous. These people have usurped everything the Consititution stands for.

[Libloather]

How long are the rank-and-file Democrats going to tolerate this cult of personality?

When the Kool-Aid wears off, do you eventually go back to making complete sentences?

[PaulJ]

How long are they going to confuse good things that happen to the Clintons with good things happening to the party?

Bingo!

[BIGZ]

Hello, Hello.

[Verginius Rufus]

His math is a little bit off...Gray Davis has been in office 4 1/2 years or so, not 5 1/2, since his re-election was less than a year ago. That $11 million spent on defeating Riordan in the Republican primary was well spent--it gained him another 11 months in office.

[bitcon]

A caller named Steve made a point on this recall business that brought up George Washington. We owe everything to Washington. His morality is the sole reason we exist as we do today. His farewell and inaugural speeches are profound, and they are the very antithesis of people putting a party ahead of their nation.



If you've seen "School of Rock" it's like when Dewey (Jack Black) makes the kids pledge allegance to the band with him as the leader and final authority. The Democratic party pledges allegance to the party and the UN not to America. They want the people to pledge allegiance to them. This is no different then what Hitler did by making people pledge allegiance to him and not the country.

[Born Conservative]

[expatpat]

Now that the Republicans have the Cal goverorship, I am at liberty to disclose a closely-held secret:

Bill Clinton is actually a fine Republican operative who has spent the last 10 years or so carrying out an ultra-secret project -- the ruin of the Democrat Party.

His selfless dedication and successful culmination of this task should fill us all with gratitude and admiration, especially since he had major obstacles (Hillary) to circumvent.

[gridlock]

If you have ever taken a look at the various Third World kleptocracies (defined as states that exist for the purpose of stealing), the one consistent feature is that there is no obvious successor to the Big Cheese for Life. Part of the security for the Big Cheese is that he brutally represses all up-and-comers who might possibly organize a resistance and take over the country. As soon as any other figure of prominence emerges, the Big Cheese's life is in danger.

In kleptocracies, the business of the Government, as embodied by the Big Cheese for Life, is to steal all the money, keep the bulk for himself, and distribute the remainder as necessary to various underlings to keep the peace. This is the model of the modern Democratic Party.

The one exception to supressing all possible successors for the modern far-sighted Big Cheese for Life is to groom one or more of his sons to take over when he dies. Think Uday and Qusay. In our country, that position is filled by the wife, Hillary!. The Big Cheese cannot afford for any other contender to emerge who might challenge her ascendancy.

The way the Clinton Curse ends is for some nationally known Democrat, Howard Dean comes to mind, to realize that there is more support to be won by opposing the Clintons than by supporting them. There has to be a kernel of people in the Democrat party, maybe 20%, who realize the Clintons are poison. By coming out strong against Bill and Hillary!, someone like Dean can appeal to these voters. Add these to his existing base, and he can easily trounce the rest of the field of ten.

When the knife comes for the Clintons, it will be in the back, not the front. They will be taken down by one opportunistic Democrat, and the rest of the party will have an "Emperor's New Clothes" moment.

And Howard Dean looks like just the guy to wield the dagger...

[DustyMoment]

Wait, wait, wait . . . the Clintons are the best thing that ever happened to the Republican Party. Everytime the Clintons campaign for a Dem candidate, they succeed in snatching defeat from the political race.

Let's keep'em . . . and ensure the continued success and victories of the Republican Party.

[LibKill]

If I had the power to curse I could not come up with a worse curse for the dims than the KKKlintoons.

[Political Junkie Too]

We owe everything to Washington. His morality is the sole reason we exist as we do today. His farewell and inaugural speeches are profound, and they are the very antithesis of people putting a party ahead of their nation.

Not to nit-pick, but didn't Washington become president essentially by acclamation? It wasn't until after Washington retired that Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton (and their cohorts) started the party process.

-PJ