Then you will elevate Pelosi to speaker and Conyers to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee among other horrors.
Posted on 05/17/2006 7:47:58 AM PDT by Pukin Dog
Edited on 05/17/2006 8:30:59 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." – Abraham Lincoln, 1858
It is getting somewhat strange around these parts when not only the President, but yesterday the First Lady was personally attacked by someone claiming to be a ‘Conservative’. Can there be any doubt that there are forces among us looking to drive a wedge between us?
A few weeks ago, this forum’s owner attempted to remind all of us of the big picture, that regardless of any personal animosity towards the President or Republican Party over their adherence to Conservative principles, that they are still a clear choice over the alternative Democrat Party rule. At that time, I assumed that FReeper-sanity had been restored, and that some of the negative rhetoric aimed at those in Washington D.C. would be dialed back.
Free Republic is a political forum with a proud history and vision, responsible for dragging Dan Rather from his post, and providing countless radio-talk shows with their daily talking points. FReepers are unique in their determination and energy towards protecting and defending the goals of our Founding Fathers.
We are also quite a powder keg of emotion and anticipation, expecting our Republican majorities to take advantage of this opportunity to make permanent gains in our Conservative agenda. Some might argue that this opportunity has been squandered, but those persons would be ignorant of history, lacking understanding that change cannot occur overnight in Washington, and that this is the way our Founders designed our Republic.
In frustration, impatience, and ignorance, we have allowed this forum to become a haven for those who do not share our Conservative goals. I do not blame our enemies anymore then I would blame a scorpion for stinging me. If anger and stupidity were one’s nature, I would expect the trolls that infect this forum to be angry and stupid consistently, which also makes them somewhat easy to detect.
The trolls are not the problem, though. The problem is that so many of us are allowing ourselves to be taken in by those who seek only to prevent us from going to the polls in November to keep their stinking hands off our government for another term. There can be no doubt, that no matter how disappointing our current government has been in promoting the Conservative agenda, that the alternative, enabled by our staying home will be MUCH worse.
The way to deal with Republicans who have actively worked against our goals is to defeat them in Primary elections. We do not even have to defeat them all, only enough of them to send the message that we will indeed target them if they work against our agenda. It should be the goal of EVERY conservative to see that Lincoln Chaffee is defeated in November. His seat is one we can afford to lose. Were I a Rhode Island resident, I would vote for the Democrat if only to send a message to Snowe, Hagel, Collins, Graham, and especially that bastard Specter that their primaries just got a lot tougher.
We only need to get one of them, and Chaffee is the one to get. It does not really matter if a Democrat takes his seat; he will be junior and mute as long as we maintain our overall majority in the Senate.
The one thing that bothers me here like nothing else, is the simple disrespect of the President. Am I am Bush-Bot? Damn straight I am. If you want to know why, click on my handle to read Southack’s excellent list of Bush’s accomplishments in office. But if Bush had done almost nothing in office, it would be no excuse for some of the slights and disrespect he has received from some of us on this forum.
Some of the things I have read here this past week match in tone what one can find on our favorite Democrat sewer site. Someone calling himself or herself a FReeper was promoting shooting aliens at the border until they stopped coming. Is that what we are about? Obviously not, and that so-called Conservative has been eliminated from this forum.
I think it is important to remember that you and I have just as much responsibility as George Bush does in changing our culture to better reflect Conservative values. Right now, this very moment, Conservatives have the government they deserve. We put them there. They are not our mommies and daddies sent out to bring home our Conservative bread. That responsibility lies with all of us. These Republicans represent us, they don’t serve us. Our job is to pick the best individual and send him/her to Washington in the hope that their CHARACTER will see them through.
This is why it is such a nutty thing to consider punishing the Republican party, when we should be letting them know that we’ve got their back, but if they cant do the job, we will replace them with ANOTHER Republican, instead of handing the reigns of government to the party of anger, hopelessness and despair. We sometimes like to think that those people we send to Washington are different from us, that they are capable of meeting our every need and desire.
I want every one of you to think about what you would consider to be your perfect mate. Maybe some of you think you have found that person. If you are married and totally in love with another person, that is great. Now I want to ask you to think about the last time that person you love, who is PERFECT for you, completely pissed you off. Remember, this is your perfect mate, your one true love. Do they do everything you want them to do? Obey your every desire? If you answer yes, I am going to put you on my troll list.
Those people in Washington do not even cut your lawn, yet you expect perfection. Get over it.
I am issuing a challenge to every person who considers him or her to be a Conservative; why don’t we all commit to a return to HONOR? Do we honor our Conservative agenda when we comport ourselves in disgraceful ways? Is it an honorable thing to suggest that our President is a moron, as I read here a few days ago? Is it honorable to attack Laura Bush or any other person representing true Conservative values?
Some of you might argue that George Bush is not representing Conservative values to your liking. I would remind you that the first thing Bush said upon taking office, is that he was going to be President of ALL the people, not just some. You know that if you followed Bush from the beginning that he campaigned of the very immigration platform he is defending right now. Did you vote for him? Yeah?
If you have ever had a steak at a Ruth’s Chris restaurant, you know that sometimes they bring that wonderful steak to your table with a sprig of parsley on it. I hate parsley. Hate it. If I were to treat my steak the way some of us want to treat our President, I would have to throw out the steak, due to that nasty parsley that comes with it. I can deal with the parsley to get the steak, and that is what I am asking FReepers to do.
Expecting perfection from any person, group or team is a recipe for disaster. George W. Bush is my president. You can disagree with him, you can blame him for your problems if that is your desire. If you disrespect his office, his service, his risking his life to be with our troops in Iraq, his steadfast desire to bring a new tone to Washington, or if you just like the way he keeps Democrats so pissed off they lose their minds on a regular basis, I ask you to treat him and his wife with respect and cut the personal attacks. If you call him ‘Shrub’ or ‘Jorge’ consider yourself my enemy.
Right now, our real enemy are the Main Stream Media, the Democrat Party, and all who follow and support them. If you want to jump-ugly on someone, why not start with those leaky bastards and give our side a break?
Do it for Pukin.
I knew that you could.
Thank you! I've been increasingly annoyed with the division and the attitude among some that we ought to volunteer to put the Marxists in office for a time because we didn't get, to borrow your metaphor, steak without a sprig of parsley.
The negative energy on FR is suffocating. Frankly, I try to ignore it. The naysayers come out every election season like mold after a wet winter. They may represent 20-25% of FR, and are therefore a pesky nuisance here, but in the general electorate, I bet their percentage is more like 0.5%.
Sure, illegal immigration is a problem. Yes, gun ownership is a constitutional right. Agreed that our government is too big, even under Republican control. But single-issue zealots never won an election. Regardless of these issues, there are a whole lot of other fish to fry...the courts, for instance; the WOT, as an example; the economy, to mention another/ The inherent moral corruption of the Democrats should be enough to motivate anyone to vote Republican. Conservativism needs to be big-picture oriented.
Does anyone believe that our counterparts on the left would not be more effective if they were not such hateful little bastards with their constant negativity? Most of America just tunes them out because they cant stand the hate.
Criticizing Bush wont put you on my troll list. Disrespecting the office of the President of the United States will.
Thank you as always for the timely rant.
PS: See my tag line for the last several months.
The way to deal with Republicans who have actively worked against our goals is to defeat them in Primary elections. We do not even have to defeat them all, only enough of them to send the message that we will indeed target them if they work against our agenda. It should be the goal of EVERY conservative to see that Lincoln Chaffee is defeated in November. His seat is one we can afford to lose. Were I a Massachusetts resident, I would vote for the Democrat if only to send a message to Snowe, Hagel, Collins, Graham, and especially that bastard Specter that their primaries just got a lot tougher.
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VERY EXCELLENT POINTS! THANKS. I couldn't even find anything to quibble with. Shocking.
--Qx w a broked puter still borrowing JM's
Mega dittos, Pukin!
That is not what it's about and you know it. I don't disagree with general frustration on immigration that's expressed here, didn't like the "port deal" in any way, and I wasn't thrilled with Miers. The difference is, I won't tolerate the extreme Bush-hatred that goes on. There is no one who either posed or poses anywhere near an acceptable alternative, and when I think of all the positives of this administration, perspective rules the day.
As big as this site is its a drop in the political bucket ...
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To paraphrase . . .
It's not the size of the site with a fire but the size of the fire in the site that matters.
FREEPERS HAVE CHANGED the political scene in a variety of ways from Dillbo's impeachment on--regardless of our size. It's shocking you'd seemingly fail to know or acknowledge that.
Besides, in any complex system, the smallest part can change the whole system. You ever had a problem with your little toe nail?
Certainly we should relate to each other with good humor. I don't see any need to attack one another at all.
--Qx borrowing JM's puter
This illustrates the point made above that if President Bush did every darn thing you wanted tomorrow, you would STILL be unhappy because he didn't agree with you from Day 1. Knock it off. Miers isn't going to be on the Supreme Court, and nursing that grudge is the action of a petty Bush-hater.
Second, Laura Bush did NOT call you sexist. She was asked if there "was an element of sexism in the opposition" and she said "probably." Well guess what? There WAS an element of sexism, and anyone who read all the stuff on this forum and from some of the pundits should realize it. Go back and read David Frum's malicious posts on National Review if you are unaware of this element of the controversy. It wasn't the major portion, but some of it was still there.
I will NOT be silent any more when people whine about this and refuse to note all of the good things President Bush has done. Where were you when the entire media and most of the Congress was blaming him for the Katrina disaster, when anyone who paid attention knew it was Blanco and Nagin who caused the problem? Have you defended him when the entire force of the media has been brought to bear on him, charging him with lying to get us into war? Probably not.
So excuse me if Laura Bush hurt your feelings with her mild comment. Perhaps you would like to return to the days when we had Hillary as first lady. She was SO much kinder, wasn't she?
Feh!
I hope so.
For all the talk on immigration on FR, I don't hear much of it at the water cooler.
Well said.
Great Rant PD, it needed to be said
So true! There is not one issue, not a single issue, where the Republican Party is more in the wrong than the Democratic Party. The time to fight against incumbent Republicans is during primaries like Toomey vs. Spector.
Great essay!!!! I agree and will also challenge any that disrespect this president.
Time to get serious about preventing the dems or even our misguided from trying to destroy us from within.
I would not be surprised if many of the freepers here are plants to do that very thing - everyday find something the president did that they claim they did not like, and rant and rave about it to make others join them in the disrespect and destroy the GOP from within.
Afterall - the libs have done far worse to destroy him - why not pretend to be a freeper and disrespect the president and find fault. I feel sure they are doing that.
Great thoughtful post. The thing that bugs me is the lack of proportion and comparative analysis in this debate. A person is smart but people can be quite dumn. This is why the founders were wise in not allowing for pure democracy or mob rule.
Then you will elevate Pelosi to speaker and Conyers to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee among other horrors.
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