Posted on 01/30/2002 3:51:59 PM PST by AAABEST
With Conservative Like This, Who Needs Liberals?
Let me start off by addressing those who have been bashing(and I do mean bash) me and other well intentioned and well known Freepers as being anti-Bush, Libertarians, from the reform party or whatever.
I voted for GWB, and I can ping several freepers to this thread that met me in real life at several Bush rallies (with megaphone in hand). I was a member of the Broward County Young Republicans before moving to the West coast of Florida and I was active in Jeb Bush's campaign for Governor.
I've been on this forum for almost 4 years and anyone that knows me is aware of my conservative views and knows that I'm not a member of the reform party, I'm not a Libertarian (large "l") or any of the other things I and others like me have been accused of.
If you have been engaging in inflammatory rhetoric, bashing long-time, well known Freepers or acting like children because not all of us are enthralled with "Georges Big Government Adventure", please try to control yourselves, at least while posting on this thread.
It's not my purpose (at least at this point) to get GWB un-elected, I like him, he has a beautiful wife, he's a good Commander in Chief and he seems like an honest politician. However, if he keeps ignoring conservative principles and promoting a larger more intrusive government, I and others can no longer continue to support him....on principle.
We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.
Above is the Free Republic mission statement. After his first year, would anyone say that GWB has worked towards this end? I think many conservatives suffer from some kind of Stockholm Syndrome as a result of 8 years of President Clinton, because when I ask many of them what GWB has done for conservatism lately, all I get is that he's not Clinton.
I know he's not a corrupt, law breaking scoundrel, but is that all that's required? Can our republic survive a cycle where Republicans get into office grow government greatly, interspersed with Democrats who grow government even more greatly with little or no reduction? There are actually people on FR that think all of this growth in government spending is some grandiose 8 year plan by Mr. Bush to fool Democrats so that he can cut government later. What an absurd notion.
If any of the initiatives below originated from the Clinton administration, people on FR would have had a cow. Those "Day in the Life of President Bush" threads garner hundreds of fawning responses, while a thread on how our government is growing out of control will die after 10.
I appeal to anyone reading this to consider the below information without bias. The links will open in a separate window for you convenience. I will be adding to this information as necessary God bless America, God bless this forum and God bless you.
Click on the Picture of the President (thinking of new ways grow government) for the corresponding article.
If you do not want to support Bush, who are you going to support?
Presumably this means *legal* immigrants.
(+) Food stamps for legal immigrants.
(-) Food stamps for illegal immigrants.
How about "Hose" ..."Support Hose" has a nice ring to it...
No need Bush will do that all on his own, Like his father before him, GWB will over the course of his presidency alienate all his conservative support. He has already received every vote he will ever receive from me.
I realize there's nobody out there to vote for. What are we to do? Do we allow our boys to take us the last step of the way into full on raging socialism, just because they're our boys? Now we have something that wreaks of Hillary Healthcare? What is going on here?
** giggle **
It's kind of cute to read these sentiments.
Sorry to be so cynical, but I don't think it's ever going to happen.
But I dont think that its hopeless. I believe in the original system, and think we just need to cut-off a lot of the 'for the betterment of society' causes.
How about "Hose" ..."Support Hose" has a nice ring to it...
He/she/it has my vote!
...right. Who do you think you are? Britney "oops I did it again" Spears?
I must admit it takes balls to post YOUR opinion, in breaking news, as an ARTICLE... and then say oops.
By the way... THIS IS NOT BREAKING NEWS AND SHOULD BE MOVED TO OPINIONS AND VANITIES CATEGORY....
Hee hee.
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