>>if President Bush doesn't do something you agree with, anything goes.
No, the dissent has been building for a long time.
We have kept quiet on many issues in order to help achieve what we thought was a victory.
There comes a time when the abuse goes too far.
If just 46% of conservatives are upset, then surely the GOP won't miss us.
I think the guy who called me from the RNC last weekend was on the verge of crying by the time I got off the phone with him.
Frankly, if I weren't so concerned that the democrats not retain power because of national security, I would tell you unhappy people to leave. However, until we see the democrats take national security seriously, I am not willing to take that risk.
I am a conservative, too, just not your brand. Just as I have to put up with you guys, you have to tolerate me. That's the truth.
So, complain all you wish. I only ask that the trashy comments be stopped. And you know, there have been a LOT of them.
I agree with Miss Marple on this one. Too many conservatives have nursed a fantasy: Bush will pack the Supreme Court with people who think as we do. Roe v. Wade will be overturned in short order. The battle will be won! And if it doesn't happen this way, Bush has betrayed us. The fact is, just as you may have suspected, Bush cares more about other issues, including tort reform, than about overturning Roe. The same would hold true of any politician with the wits to get himself elected president. He isn't president of the conservatives; he has a country to run.
It isn't 1973 any more. Even if Roe were overturned tomorrow, there would still be almost as many abortions as before because the most populated states would legalize it forthwith. This battle -- and in fact, all the points on the conservative agenda -- can only be won in the arena of public opinion.
As for Miers, while she wouldn't have been my choice, she will probably be a good enough addition to the court. In the end, she might have more influence on the liberal justices than a strict conservative would.
Anyway, I hate to see conservatives whine. Leave that to the DU crowd.