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.
"If you want to go from St Louis to New Orleans, driving north is a damned stupid thing to do - and could lead someone to think that maybe New Orleans isn't really your destination."
Oh, well, I've always wanted to see Minneapolis anyhow.
Our '79 Blazer way back when, was termed a MPV on our Maryland tags. It stood for Multi Purpose Vehicle. How times have changed..
And to add insult, I have my US flag, my army logos, and my blue star mother banner proudly displayed on my back window.
Oooohhh, you demon, terrorist supporting, enviroment killing, military supporter! Ill bet you hate the ACLU, too!
Im proud of you...!
"Then again, some children never grow up and keep on throwing their tantrums and making their demands."
And some people who make angry demands are adults who mean it.
The Democrats and the MSM, would never personally mass murder Americans
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You are obviously not speaking for her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous--Bw*tch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Machiavelli de Stalin de Pol Pot de Mao . . . and the likes of her . . .
I have the feeling she'd Bar B Q her parents, grand parents and only child and certainly hubby if it would give her more absolute power over the lives and deaths of more people. The one persistently telling traint those who have had to work around her relate is . . . ABSOLUTE RUTHELESSNESS with 0.0000% care about anyone or anything else but herself and her priorities.
When did SUV become the term? For years we just called them trucks. Our Jeep was a '76, the bronco was an 84.
Interesting read ping.
LOL! I had to be reminded about the long and never forgotten "do not post to me list". Now things are making a little more sense to me. I don't know if I am on the list or not?? I feel left out!...:)
I agree with everything you posted.
Radical Islam has been encouraged and funded by the very same elite that gave us Communism, Nazism, you name it. They need a threat to jusfify their expanding powers and expanding wars.
Let things be imported and let the prices raise.
People can decline buying these things for either or both reasons. That is also part of the free market.
Just so you know ten bucks an hour is a decent non government, non lawyer, non doctor wage in this neck of the woods. But guess what, at the hog rendering plant they pay almost 16 an hour and y9ou wanna know why it is almost all mexican labor there? The non mexican folks got so fed up with all the illegals and all the spanish that they just refused to work there anymore.
One thing we agree on, for opposing reasons.....it really isn't as simple as some make it out to be.
You keep telling me that - but I just see what he is posting and it looks like tantrum throwing to me. Now, I don't have time to read everyone of his posts to verify this but I have seen many of them here.
And, I still don't appreciate a conservative making me work to push the conservative agenda forward, get a man like Bush elected and then he and his minions throw a quitter tantrum and make us lose elections.
Gosh, maybe I will quit working and quit voting. What's the use? Too many of the "true?" conservatives cannot be depended on and I'm sick and tired of seeing all of the babies abandon the party thinking it shows their power.
No, it does not show their power - it shows they don't know how to do anything but quit. As I said - who needs conservatives like that?
I still will not count on him because he is a quitter and we need workers.
Good on ya!
Thanks! FWIW... (lots of pics, long loading)
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I hear you. I now understand where you are coming from. It took four or five posts back and forth last time to figure that out though.
What I have been doing lately was inspired by you to some extent. While I think the BorderBots are single-issue zealots and not seeing things in proper proportion, nevertheless, I have been writing letters left and right telling those clowns in DC they better wake up and do something. I do think we may be having some impact. As you would expect the wheels move slowly up there in DC.
Great article bump.
And (cough, cough) gave amnesty to illegal immigrants.
And my point is there is a ton of Republican's in California. Many more Republicans than in Colorado, or Texas, or any other state for that matter. There just happens to be several hundred thousand more Democrats, mostly in the Bay Area, which is practically another state for most Southern Californians. Furthermore, no one has done more (read: spent more money) getting Republicans elected to national office then California Republicans, even if we can't directly affect our own fate. And we don't appreciate hearing that we don't take care of our own house. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
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