Posted on 10/28/2003 1:09:13 PM PST by Marcus Alonzo Hanna
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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.
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? http://www.GeorgeWBush.com/SignUp/ 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.
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. |
If he energizes the conservative base at the expense of all other would be supporters what will he have gained? Would we have tax cuts, a foreign policy equal to the threat, PBA ban, etc.? There are realities in politics, the candidates I would guess you would call most philosophically worthy, aren't electable.
Governing requires compromise, particularly when one is protecting the polical viability of their chief priorities. My impression of Bush isn't that he has abandoned anyone but rather he has picked his battles as he can be most effective in leading the country during a recession and post September 11 world. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that had Bush governed in lock step with the conservative base, he wouldn't have any chance in 2004.
Don't get me wrong, he has done some things I disagree with and not touched some issues I had counted on. But, as of now, I believe he has been wise to protect these issues for more politically viable moments.
As of right now this is true. What worries me is that the general population is changing.
Let's just hope the rats keep shooting themselves in the foot.
There may be a comparison to make between the re-call and the 2004 election. I think it was a good thing that McClintock stayed in the race to the end even though his chances were slim. I believe that he kept Arnold from drifting to the left in fear of losing votes to McClintock. The results were great. Now if someone was to run in the primary to the right of GWB, this might pull him back to the right in fear of splitting the party.
I guess most republicans don't want to "darken the door of the White House".
If liberals and so-called "progressives" keep repackaging the same old ideas, they will continue to lose ground in the battle of ideas. I believe that the survival of any nation depends on the battle of ideas, and which ideology prevails the longest in this imperative battle. Right now, conservative think-tanks take the cake; no liberal think-tank even comes close in influence and power than conservative think-tanks such as Heritage and American Enterprise. Cato has also been very influential and continues to be so.
I'm not "promoting disenchantment", I'm pointing out where he can do better...on the other hand, excuse me for getting the feeling that you and others are "promoting enchantment" for domestic policies that should be anathema for anyone who seriously considers themselves a genuine conservative. You may fool some of the groupthink denizens who presently hold sway over this Web Forum, but that doesn't change the fact that Dubyuh and the GOP-controlled Congress have increased domestic discretionary spending at a greater rate than Clinton and his DemonRAT-controlled Congress back in '92-'95. By any measure, that is indefensible for a conservative, imho.
FReegards...MUD
There can be no question that the Alien and Sedition Acts stifled immigration into the US and that it stripped the Constitutional rights of both immigrants and citizens alike. Strict immigration laws are nothing new in the US and the immigration laws we see now are a lot more relaxed than the Alien Acts of 1798.
Likewise, the USA Patriot Act has adopted a portion of the Alien Acts (the Alien Enemies Act) into modern American law. Still, I disagree with your conlcusion that immigration laws are stricter now than they have ever been. Anti-immigrant sentiment was much stronger during the time of the Alien and Sedition Acts and was reflected in the passing of this law by Congress.
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Also, I disagree with this part of your statement. In being charged with a crime, the process of a fair trial begins. The Alien Acts did not afford immigration the right of a fair trial. Suspicion alone was reason enough for the deportation of a non-citizen, due to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Please recheck that graph in #516...it indicates otherwise.
FReegards...MUD
"...my point is bigger - there's no evidence that Reagan was a cut, cut, cut, tight-fisted governor or President. I know he vetoed a lot & railed a lot, but his budgets still allowed government to grow, not shrink. His budgets, not the Dems. And, he didn't propose rolling back a bunch of the welfare state, like most conservatives wanted."
Please recheck that graph in #516...it indicates otherwise.
FReegards...MUD
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