You're not alone in that, Howlin.
A whole lot of us who have been activists are doing a lot of serious thinking about what this party has now done.
Acting like leftists might have been fun at the time, but the destruction of this good woman is going to take its toll on the Republican party AND the Conservative movement.
"The party" didn't force Miers to withdraw; the fringers with the megaphones did.
They are no more representative of the party than Arlen Specter is.
It is time that we made up our minds to get over this Miers debacle. Let's support the next nominee.
The unappeaseables will do what they always do, which is move on to another policy of Bush's that they can bitch about, and commence firing.
This has been going on for the seven years I've been here, and it will continue.
If you want to get back at somebody, cancel your National Review and Weekly Standard subscriptions, and write to the editors and tell them why.
Drop all the postage-paid reply cards in the middle of your magazines in the mailbox, content in knowing that it'll cost Kristol and Lowry $.37 for every one of them.
What I am reading by Republicans on this thread is ludicrous. You lose a battle and you want to throw out everything because this lady withdrew her name? Give me a break!
Threatening to stay home and not vote or work for good solid conservative candidates plays right into the hands of the RATs. If that is what some of you want to do, fine but count me out.
Our problem today is that not enough people have gotten out to work to elect good conservative candidates preferring to sit behind a computer and moan and grown when they don't get their way. That is not how politics works -- you don't win every battle, you cut your loses and live to fight another day. Shame some of you know so little about politics 101.
The President made a mistake IMHO with this nomination when good Republican Conservative Senators are not happy with her visits to their office. She had the courage to withdraw her nomination because it was going downhill fast, and I admire her for that as should everyone.
To state on this forum you won't support Republicans because the President just "may" have made a mistake, tells me that some of you are too wrapped up in winning instead of what is good for the Country and this President in the long run. You take your loses and live to fight again which is exactly what this President is doing.
Shame on some of you lifelong Republicans that would even dare mention you won't vote for President after what we went through in the last two elections or are you lifelong Republicans. I know what it is like as a teenager to have your candidate for President clobbered in an election, to see Carter beat Ford, and Clinton beat Bush #41 because of too many voters swayed by little big ears and that were mad at Republicans. I am not going to be party to the doom and gloom on here of people that lost a battle throwing in the towel. I will work just as hard if not hard in 2006 as the election here in Oklahoma is extremely important to me. We should in 2004 what the grassroots can do in electing Dr. Tom and I want more like him in the Senate.
This Conservative Republican has supported Pres Bush since 1994 and will continue to do so but that doesn't mean that everything he has done or will do I will agree with. The man surrounds himself with intelligent people so he can get varying opinions about a particular subject. Not every one of them walks in lockstep nor does he expect them to do that.
Now it is time to end this bickering, threats, and ridiculous comments on both sides and get out to work to elect more conservatives to the Senate and House. All politics begins locally and time for some of you to roll up your sleeves and get busy for 2006 and 2008! If you don't, then don't refer to yourselves as loyal Republicans.