President Bush's Message to the Grassroots: "I Need You"

Bush Team Leaders ^ | 10/28/03 | President George W. Bush

[Marcus Alonzo Hanna]

Dear Republican,

Over the last few months, Laura and I have traveled the country and have been humbled by the enthusiastic support we have been given.

Our country has faced many challenges in the last two and half years and we are meeting these challenges at home and abroad. We're defeating the enemies of freedom. And at the same time, we're confronting challenges to build prosperity for our nation and a more compassionate society.

Every test has revealed the true character of America. And no one in the world can doubt the spirit and will and strength of the American people.

We are meeting the challenges of our time but there is much more to be done and I need your support. Will you join me in these efforts by volunteering for my re-election campaign as a Bush Team Leader?

http://www.GeorgeWBush.com/SignUp/

As a Bush Team Leader you will be asked to help by volunteering at local events, hosting your own events, registering new voters, turning out voters on Election Day and more. Most importantly, you will be asked to recruit more Bush Team Leaders to help us win in November 2004. Please sign up to be a part of this important effort today.

http://www.GeorgeWBush.com/SignUp/

The challenges we face cannot be met with timid actions or bitter words. They will be overcome with optimism and resolve and confidence in the ideals of America.

We are acting to advance human freedom and liberty and making the world and America more secure. We took action to create jobs and get the economy growing again.

We acted on principle. You did not send me to this office to mark time. You sent me here to restore dignity and honor to the White House and to help build a safe and prosperous and caring nation. Will you join me in this effort by becoming a Bush Team Leader and volunteer your time?

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I want to thank you for the work that you will do in the months to come. There is no question in my mind that with your help we are laying the foundation to win a great victory in November of 2004.

Sincerely,

P.S. Again, thank you for making my campaign strong at the grassroots level all across the country. I am grateful to the over 300,000 Americans that have contributed to my campaign and the millions more who've signed up on the campaign email list. And I am grateful to everyone that chooses to volunteer in support of this effort. I need you to make certain your friends and family register to vote. I need you to make phone calls, send emails, help organize rallies, put up signs, and get out the vote. I need you to volunteer in my campaign today.

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[RebelBanker]

Let us assume a very simple case: 2 candidates ("A" and "B") and 100 voters (evenly divided 50-50). If another candidate ("C") comes along and takes 5 votes from B, the vote is now 50 for A, 45 for B and 5 for C. Thus, A wins. This is a pretty straight forward divide and conquer strategy.

Of course, the real world is a lot more complicated than that, but I believe that concept holds up under our system. It is quite different under a parliamentary system (like in Italy or Israel) where major parties need minor parties to form coalition governments so the "small fry" actually get a disproportionately large voice.

[Isolationist]

>>>No, that's YOUR take, it's a strawman.

What it's truly called is "the voting for the best man that can defeat America's enemies, both foreign and domestic" argument.<<<

LOL... very funny. I would hardly classify Bush as the "Best Man" who can defeat America’s enemies... he’s more along the lines of the "Best Compromise" or more to the point "He sucks less than the other candidates". But anyways enjoy volunteering for Bush and on settling for things in life.

[dcwusmc]

So what you are in essence saying is that we should all be willing to roll over and vote for someone, no matter WHAT they do, just because of that magical (R) after their name. How does that even BEGIN to make sense? If someone (RINOld here in CA or Dubya nationally) KNOWS he has your vote locked up because you "have no other place to go," why should he make any changes whatsoever? YOU are part of the problem if that's how you vote. Once upon a time I held my nose and voted for the lesser of evils because he got me out of Vietnam with his Phase Two withdrawals. Of course we now know how vile he really was, so for me, never again will I vote for evil. No matter HOW MUCH worse the other guy MIGHT be, always in someone else's opinion, of course. As I told someone else, PUBBIES are probably the biggest danger to the Republic right now, because all you cheerleaders will NOT hold them to the same standards you want to hold either RATs, Libertarians, Constitutionists, or anyone else to. Life to you is one big scare tactic, designed to get your guys in power, no matter what, so they can, as we see happening this very moment, do just as the RATs do, only you cheer the (R) party on and damn the RATs for the same behaviours. And yet you have the nerve to use the word, "pathetic." How intriguing.

[AAABEST]

Oh heck, Schiavo isn't going to hurt Jeb, it'll do nothing but help him because the passion, providence and numbers were definately on the save Terri side. They would have had his head if he didn't act.

You're absolutely right however. I've said whether or not it was politics Jeb clearly did what's right and did God's work when he finally took up the cause. He deserves big Kudos.

However, some of the stunts that Jeb has pulled in his quest to be the enviro-pubby are nearly unforgivable. Jeb has a nasty habit of "coveting" what doesn't belong to him if he thinks it will benefit his fat ass. He ought to keep his filthy socialist hands off other people's property. He's also a spiteful vicious prick when he doesn't get his way. He's certainly not the nice gregarious man he was trained to pretend he is.

He's hurt many people that I care about and has done some irreparable damage to those of us who are trying to prevent the greens from taking over-running our state.

Jeb could kiss my ass.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"I would hardly classify Bush as the "Best Man" who can defeat America’s enemies."

OK, put up YOUR guy, and let's put him under a microscope.

It's easy to hold on to "principles" when they are never tested in the real world or national and international politics.

Give me a name.

[AAABEST]

"Could you please describe that "nightmare" instead of using hyperbole. Is a Hillary or demo Presidency a wet dream to you?"

[MrLeRoy]

If another candidate ("C") comes along and takes 5 votes from B

This assumes those five voters would otherwise have held their noses and voted for B rather than simply staying home. And while it may be an argument for third-party candidates to not enter the race, it does not address how voters in a three-candidate race should vote.

[Consort]

We've dealt with you arguments before. You have nothing new. It still sounds like whining.

[Qwinn]

Canada. Canada. Canada. Canada. Hello. Canada! Ever heard of the place? Their conservative party split a bit over 10 years ago because their "strong" conservatives didn't think the main part was conservative -enough-. Sound familiar?! Have you seen what happened to Canada as a result? Neither of the two new parties could even come -close- to winning an election. Most of the country is now a liberal, socialist nightmare. There's not a shred of conservative policy being enacted.

Yeah, the more conservative third party there got their "message" across to both parties. The message was "We're such a surly, obnoxious bunch that we'd rather see our country degenerate into communist hell than unite with those we imagine our moral inferiors". The message to the liberal party was "Free Lunch! Take every penny we have, we're powerless to stop you now!".

The conservative parties in Canada have finally remerged after a decade of doing nothing but perpetually lose. Let's hope they can now drag the country back from the brink. But honestly? I doubt it. Even if they win, they'll have to do nothing else for the next 10 years but repeal the violently socialist laws of the last 10, with the now indoctrinated and bribed-for masses whining all the way.

Again - if you are considering voting for a 3rd party - read what happened to CANADA! You could not ask for a better, purer living example of what would happen here if you carry out your threats and stab Dubya in the back.

BTW, why do I have to ask him to make the 87 billion in loans to Iraq into loans? I think that 87 billion is a small investment that will pay off magnificently in time. Not to mention that 67 billion of it goes directly to our troops, not the Iraqis - pretty brutal to make them pay for it. I guess World War II wasn't enough evidence as to what happens when you overburden a country with too much debt.

Qwinn

[Godebert]

"Also, if he signs a renewal of the AWB, I won't be voting for him, much less volunteering."

Even if the AWB is defeated in congress and doesn't reach his desk, he won't receive my vote. George W. Bush supports the un-Constitutional AWB. Until he renounces his support for the AWB he will not receive my vote. In fact, I will actively work to see that he is defeated unless he does so. That goes for any pinko socialist politician that takes a crap on our Constitution.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Government is best that governs best, under whatever the present circumstances may be.

And yes, in a way, when you spend your time illustrating what you perceive to be failures by this administration, and fail to equally recognize victories, you are carrying water for the Democrats. If you don’t believe me, watch one of their “debates” and you will hear them sound very much like you sound.

Bush has failed to…

The idea that highlighting complaints about the current administration governing like Democrats will bring about the return of disillusioned conservatives to the fold is just preposterous.

Go back and find out what Bush promised to do during his candidacy, has he done those things? Is he trying to get those things done?

I don’t recall Bush having made any campaign promises to do the things that you are disappointed in him for not having done.

Perhaps Mud, you should judge his tenure by taking stock of how he followed through on his campaign promises, taking into considerations the unexpected events in the past two years, instead of promoting disenchantment because he failed to hold up to your expectations.

If I ask to borrow your car, and promise that I will wash and wax your car before returning it, and I do as promised, you have no right to accuse me of not doing what I was supposed to do because I did not fill up the gas tank as you expected me to do.

[BlueString]

"doing that is impossible, it would bring down our economy, and destroy our freedoms. Using the armed forces to close them is unlawful, as it violates the Posse Comitatus Act, if we feel it necessary to violate that act, then we MUST declare war on Mexico. No way."

What the hell are you talking about?

Destroy our freedoms?

Destroy our economy?

Posse Comitatus?

What kind of nonsensical drivel is that?

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the use of the military in civilian law enforcemant. Get a clue, don't use terms that you don't understand. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibts the military from defending our borders? Are you insane? You must be.

Why the hell would we have to declare war with Mexico to defend our borders?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"How about the Alien and Sedition Acts?"

You're joking, right?

[BlueString]

"Without Bush I's broken "read my lips" promise, Congress would have never given in to a balanced budget agreement, and without that, there would have never been a surplus."

Then why weren't you happy about Clinton being elected? He raised taxes too.

Why it wasn't the Reagan economy at all, it was the Bush-Clinton boom, powered by Washington stealing our money!

Hurrah!

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from defending our borders?"

Is immigration control a military issue?

Is Mexico attacking us?

Are YOU insane?

You want to tie up our military indefinitely in order to stop an "invasion" of busboys and room maids?

ROTFLMAO!!!!!

[BlueString]

You RINOs really have no ethics at all. There is no lie you won't tell, no reputation you won't destroy in your quest to rewrite history.

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All of that WITH a Democrat House.

Quit drinking the Kool-Aid.

[BlueString]

"Is immigration control a military issue?"

Border control is!

"Is Mexico attacking us?"

Is Russia? What the hell does that have to do with anything. We're not talking about attacking Mexico, we're talking about defending our borders.

Comprende?

[Admin Moderator]

Welcome to FR. Please, no personal attacks.

[BlueString]

Okay, John Kerry...

Let's see, you said:

"Without Bush I's broken "read my lips" promise, Congress would have never given in to a balanced budget agreement, and without that, there would have never been a surplus."

So according to you, tax increases are good.

Now you say:

"The "Clinton" boom was the end result of Reaganomics, the Clinton surplus was the end result of Bush's policies.

The Clinton tax increases were the end result of people like you voting against Bush I."

So Bush tax increases = Good. Clinton tax increases = Bad.

That's some fine economic theory you got there, bub.