Posted on 03/08/2006 7:08:13 AM PST by beeler
Hahaha. Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh harder. Bwahahaha!
Hey, I don't want it to happen.
But, unless there is a drastic change in the management philosophy and positions (policy directions) of the White House, it sure appears likely based on not my personal feelings, but what I witnessed in our town's Republican Caucus. A conservative bell-weather.
Interesting that you 'big tenters' are so eager to see a conservative 'kicked out'.
Did you vote for Reagan twice?
I would say, given the reality of the day, that such a person is not in favor of big government socialism.
"Just about every State that has a ballot initiative process has already passed an Amendment banning gay marriage. I wonder how the Republicans will get conservatives to the polls for the next few elections? I see nothing but dissillusionment and anger on the forums I visit with a few RNC operatives trying to hold things together."
Let's see, there's gay adoption, and after that's played out there's gay teachers in schools, and after that's played out there's still a whole pile of businesses that allow benefits to gay couples, and after that's played out there's...
You know, all the important stuff.
Not currently. Quite pleased, so far.
But Don't forget we had to come down on the Administration like a ton of bricks to cure his Helen Meiers nomination. If she hadn't inadvertantly outed herself in front of the Texas Bar Association, and some conservative texas attorneys remembered that speech, the administration probably would have stone-walled for her nomination just as much as they are now stonewalling over Dubai.
As for the bot's claim that this was all part of GWB's master plan to smoke out the RATs and then jui-jitsu them with a switch in policy, I believe Bill Bennett has it right, that these were his real first choices and his preferences. Hence the clever machiavelli-maneuvering isn't what's happening, "they're just not that smart."
Andrew Sullivan is no conservative.
I was 9 years old in 1980 and 13 years old in 1984.
I wonder if you would agree with my # 20 ?
No hope. Vote for a more conservative government - vote for gridlock.
There are Wall Street Republicans [Bush] and Main Street Republicans [Reagan]. The port fiasco where Bush sets out a corollary to his earlier Iraq 'all Muslims are terrorists' now an 'investor exception'. Bush is in the Wall Street camp.
I really don't care what they "seem" to you.
The fact they embrace Andrew Sullivan, Barlett and having read some of their stated positions? They are not conservative. NOR would they appreciate being labeled so. From my experience with libertarians, they pride themselves in NOT being conservatives.
I like Sullivan. He's a little shrill sometimes but generally I think he is an intelligent conservative pundit.
Why do you say that?
No, it is not.
Nor, would libertarians appreciate you trying to assert otherwise.
If they wanted to be labeled conservatives, they wouldn't have established themselves as libertarians. They did this deliberately because they are NOT in sync with conservatives. Somestimes...we have common goals. Quite often we don't. We work together when necessary, exist in different spheres when not.
Once more, Sullivan is NOT a conservative.
Nor has he been rational since the President announced support for a gay marriage ban. Before that, he enjoyed some time of well earned recognition. Since then he has a vendetta against the administration and more often spews Liberal rhetoric.
Christopher Hitchens (rational Liberal) he is NOT, nor is he a conservative.
My point exactly.
I fear for our young conservatives.
Many of them just don't know how much they don't know.
He is for less government, balanced budgets, etc...
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