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Is Suicide the Conservative Alternative?(Interesting Read)
NewsMax ^ | 8/29/06 | Philip V. Brennan

Posted on 09/03/2006 1:12:40 PM PDT by Treize

The other day I watched a panel discussion about the forthcoming congressional elections. The panel's conclusions ranged from Bob Novak's grim report that some believe the GOP could lose as many as 30 House seats in November to John Fund's suggestion that all is not lost (maybe), to Human Events' John Gizzi's fear that Republicans will sit out the election to National Review Kate O'Beirne's less gloomy outlook.

All, however, agreed that the key to this election is Republican turnout.

If GOP voters, angered with their party's failure to live up to conservative principles, elect to stay home, Election Day in November will be an absolute disaster.

Most of the pessimists — and that includes just about every political guru around — insist that Republicans will sit it out, thus handing control of the House at the very least, and maybe even the Senate, to the Democrats. I'll accept that view only if Republican voters prove to be either politically suicidal of just plain stupid.

The concept that it's a good idea to wreak vengeance on the Republican Party by standing aside and allowing Democrats, who will proceed to wreak havoc on the nation, to take over Capitol Hill, is nothing less than a death wish that borders on insanity.

Getting even with congressional Republicans for failing to live up to your expectations by throwing them out of office is on a par with killing yourself to get even with your doctor because he failed to cure you of a bad cold while you are still suffering from a chronic disease that requires constant medical care.

The mood among conservative GOP voters may be sour, bitter, and resentful, but I can't believe that when Election Day rolls around and they recognize the consequences of staying home and handing the Congress over to the thoroughly demented Democratic Party, they won't bestir themselves to go out and cast their votes for their Republican incumbents or candidates, even if they have to hold their noses while they mark their ballots.

It is, after all, better than the alternative which is just plain unthinkable.

Think about it.

As the results in the recent Connecticut primary once again proved, the Democratic Party is in the hands of its now totally deranged, MoveOn.org wacko-left wing.

Democrat Chairman Howard Dean made that clear when he pronounced the leftist victor Ned Lamont the party's man of the future. The Party is now so far left that that they even dumped a certified liberal such as Joe Lieberman who votes slavishly for every item in their leftist agenda, for apparently not being liberal enough on the Iraq war.

What rational, sane, intelligent conservative Republican would want to see a congress that from day one would set out to destroy everything they stand for and for which they have fought so hard? We have an economy that is thriving, and it's booming thanks to the Bush tax cuts that took money from the spendthrift federal government and gave it back to the people who earned it and know best how to spend it.

A record number of taxpayers received and average of $2,100 tax refunds on their 2003 tax returns. They spent it, pouring billions into the economy which then took off like a rocket. The Democrats want that money back. They think it belongs to them.

Those tax cuts helped to create millions of new jobs, spark the establishment of job-creating new businesses and put more spending money in taxpayer's pockets. (And even vastly increased federal tax revenues along the way.)

All that would go into the trash can once Democrats got back in office and raised taxes, as they promise to do. Give them a full term on Capitol Hill and the economy could take a nose dive, unemployment skyrocket and scores of small businesses go under, driven down by new taxes and the kind of strangling government regulations Democrats just love to hang around our necks. Any new jobs would be with the government.

Look at the record:



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KEYWORDS: 1disruptor; 2006election; conservatives; dems; election2006; elections; getoutthevote; gtov; himom; libs; lookmaimtrolling; pelosi; politicalsuicide; trollingwithnohands; votealllibsout; voterepublican; zotmehard
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1 posted on 09/03/2006 1:12:42 PM PDT by Treize
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To: Kermit the Frog Does theWatusi; redgolum; Treize
"Only Republicans willing to see the Congress of the United States turned over a party now controlled by left-wing lunatics could stand by and allow that to happen simply to satisfy a desire to get even with the GOP for not doing everything they should have done to control illegal immigration and out-of-control government spending. And if they think things are bad now, wait until Speaker Pelosi takes charge in the House and Senator Harry Reid gets to run the Senate."

There's always time to repent and return to the true faith.

Who was it who said how can you say conservatism won't work when it has never been tried?

2 posted on 09/03/2006 1:15:40 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Treize
The only people I know salivating over a possible dum-ocrat victory in November are dum-ocrats.
Aint gonna happen.

3 posted on 09/03/2006 1:17:51 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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To: Treize

Just to play devil's advocate, what would REALLY happen if the Democrats won back the House in 2008?

President Bush would still be president and would still be able to veto any bill that did not pass his muster.

The RINO Senate would probably moderate any extremism from the House.

The GOP will be sent a lesson that ignoring the conservative wing means loss of power, just as much as ignoring moderates.

The Democrats will have lost a campaign issue for 2008 when they would try to argue that a GOP-led Congress is leading us down the road to ruin.

The mainstream would get a quick reminder, just in time for 2008, what unstable kookballs now run the Democrat party.

While nobody wants Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers or Alcee Hastings running the House, a quick taste of what it looks like might be the very BEST thing that could happen to reawaken the conservative base and drive them to the polls in record numbers.


4 posted on 09/03/2006 1:22:52 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
"Who was it who said how can you say conservatism won't work when it has never been tried?"

Personally, I love not being ruled over by the king of England. Not knowing history, one may wonder whether a monarchy has ever been tried.

Ideas often work only when you don't notice them. How does one recognize non-government, aka "freedom"?

5 posted on 09/03/2006 1:24:23 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: Tall_Texan
Just to play devil's advocate, what would REALLY happen if the Democrats won back the House in 2008 2006?

Oops. Major correction here.

6 posted on 09/03/2006 1:24:33 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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To: Tall_Texan


"What would happen?"

The war on terrorism would be seriously damaged by congressional investigations more numerous than maggots on rotting meat. No intelligence type would dare risk there neck trying to stop attacks on the US.

no, the house must be held as well.


7 posted on 09/03/2006 1:31:04 PM PDT by p[adre29 (Arma in armatos)
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To: Treize

This is just an amazing piece of truth - I hope everybody who has any relative who is even considering staying home on election day will send them this article - it might help to wake them up.


8 posted on 09/03/2006 1:34:15 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Drive-By Media: Fake news, fake documents, fake polls)
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To: Tall_Texan
President Bush would still be president and would still be able to veto any bill that did not pass his muster. He's only vetoed one bill for crying out loud. If Bush (lame duck) lost any more influence due to a midterm victory for the democrats..... well forget about it....

The RINO Senate would probably moderate any extremism from the House. RINO's are not doing a decent job now. I doubt things would improve if Repbulicans lost some seats.

The GOP will be sent a lesson that ignoring the conservative wing means loss of power, just as much as ignoring moderates. Awful tough lesson to learn. What if democratic success carried through to 2008? Can you say President Hillary?????

The Democrats will have lost a campaign issue for 2008 when they would try to argue that a GOP-led Congress is leading us down the road to ruin. Now that could happen. After all, Americans usually blame the ruling party.

The mainstream would get a quick reminder, just in time for 2008, what unstable kookballs now run the Democrat party. Yeah, like the mainstream would ever learn (or even admit) that kookballs are runnig the democratic party. While nobody wants Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers or Alcee Hastings running the House, a quick taste of what it looks like might be the very BEST thing that could happen to reawaken the conservative base and drive them to the polls in record numbers. Again, I would worry that an '06 victory would transfer to an '08 victory.

And in a sense, it will. If Republicans can keep a majority, then that will be enough to move ahead to 2008. But if democrats win now, then......

9 posted on 09/03/2006 1:34:39 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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To: SteveMcKing
A return to limited government would be welcome. Certainly, if the Dems manage to sustain their tango with Frankensteinism, they will have an unfortunate rendezvous with Lord Acton's warnings. Again. Tyrannies in any statist forms which abuse ancient freedoms and natural law occasionally do that from time to time.
10 posted on 09/03/2006 1:36:42 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Treize
Conservatives have to rally and turn out yet another time. Much of the disaffection is that President Bush is lacking leadership qualities and is weak on some conservative principles. However, the alternative in the last election, Kerry, would have been far worse.

Likewise, a democratic house or senate would precipitate yet another military defeat similar to the ones the democrat congresses produced in Viet-Nam and Somalia.

Conservatives must remember that the twin wars against terror and liberalism will be of long duration. We should not lose a battle to punish unfaithful elected officials. Marginal victory is always better than a loss.

Buckle up, get out and vote. We must not stop trying to move the country in the right direction. We can correct the weak leadership and RINO situations another day as opportunities present themselves.

As an example, in Tennessee three guys ran for the Republican nomination for Senator. Two were conservative and the third a RINO. The conservatives took votes from each other and the RINO, a Lamar Alexander clone, won. I liked Bryant, but the RINO must win over Harold Ford. This is example of where the voters have to get out. We conservatives lost in the nominating process, but now cannot sit a home unless we want Senator Ford. As feckless as Lamar Alexander is, his is much better than a Senator Sasser or a Senator Gore.

Turnout is the key, and if we conservatives turnout and the Republicans hold or pick up seats, we have a double win: a victory for America and a further strengthening of our hand in the Republican party. We will be able even more to deal from strength.
11 posted on 09/03/2006 1:39:08 PM PDT by Memphis Moe
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To: Treize

Don't worry, be happy. :>)


12 posted on 09/03/2006 1:39:22 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Treize

"The concept that it's a good idea to wreak vengeance on the Republican Party by standing aside and allowing Democrats, who will proceed to wreak havoc on the nation, to take over Capitol Hill, is nothing less than a death wish that borders on insanity."


He nails it.


13 posted on 09/03/2006 1:45:29 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Treize

And EXCELLENT article!

Kudos to Brennan and thank for posting it.


14 posted on 09/03/2006 1:47:51 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Treize
. . .All, however, agreed that the key to this election is Republican turnout.

And what's jeopardizing the turnout? This delusional and suicidal madness for amnesty and open borders by the President, Rove, Mehlman, McCain, et al.

These "leaders" are trading away our culture and our adherence to law and order for some imaginary votes 30 years down the road. They give loyal conservatives the choice of letting the Democrats take over now and lose the War against Islam (honest definition), or continuing with those Republicans who want to turn the country into a third world Tegucigalpa a few years down the road. great choice!

Come out strong against amnesty and the southern invasion and you will get the 63 million who turned out in 2004 and more. Or continue on the current path and lose.

And don't blame the no-shows. Blame yourselves. The election is in your hands. Don't be stuck on stupid!

15 posted on 09/03/2006 1:57:19 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: Treize
Real conservatives swallowing their principles to support RINO Globalist Neocons for fear of Demorats will only remove the voice we have left. They will claim our support is a "mandate" for the destruction of our sovereignty on the alter of "free" trade.

Just like the Black vote has become taken for granted by the Demorats who only pay lip service to legitimate Black issues and pander to the racialist Black grievance industry elite, we will become a token to be pandered to, and ignored.

The RINO neocons have blindly embraced the destruction of the West in the pursuit of profit. The West will not be lost any faster if the Demorats embrace this destruction in the pursuit of votes.

The last hope of our country, and of Western civilization, is in accepting a possible tactical loss while keeping our eyes on a strategic victory.

A strategic victory that lets the RINOs know in no uncertain terms, that their power and position is in jeopardy if they ignore the will of the people.
16 posted on 09/03/2006 2:04:01 PM PDT by outdriving (Diversity is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.)
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To: Tall_Texan

You are advocating for a Dem takeover of the House, making it sounds as if it were no big deal.

Last time they took power, they kept it for forty years.

Trying to advocate that losing is winning is insanity.

Democrats have big plans if they take over in Congress

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694596/posts


"Democrats will press to get out of Iraq. They'll mount investigations into the Bush administration's record that could rival those of Presidents Nixon in Watergate and Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair. They'll push a boatload of social-welfare legislation, such as raising the minimum wage, that reflects their pent-up priorities, while blocking the Republican agenda on social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religion. "

Is that what you want?


17 posted on 09/03/2006 2:07:36 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Jim Robinson


PING to an interesting and insightful article -- maybe some of them read your posts from a while ago, on the subject.

"Most of the pessimists — and that includes just about every political guru around — insist that Republicans will sit it out, thus handing control of the House at the very least, and maybe even the Senate, to the Democrats. I'll accept that view only if Republican voters prove to be either politically suicidal of just plain stupid.

The concept that it's a good idea to wreak vengeance on the Republican Party by standing aside and allowing Democrats, who will proceed to wreak havoc on the nation, to take over Capitol Hill, is nothing less than a death wish that borders on insanity.

Getting even with congressional Republicans for failing to live up to your expectations by throwing them out of office is on a par with killing yourself to get even with your doctor because he failed to cure you of a bad cold while you are still suffering from a chronic disease that requires constant medical care.

The mood among conservative GOP voters may be sour, bitter, and resentful, but I can't believe that when Election Day rolls around and they recognize the consequences of staying home and handing the Congress over to the thoroughly demented Democratic Party, they won't bestir themselves to go out and cast their votes for their Republican incumbents or candidates, even if they have to hold their noses while they mark their ballots.

It is, after all, better than the alternative which is just plain unthinkable."


18 posted on 09/03/2006 2:14:02 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Treize

John Conyers as majority chairman of anything things me.

I'm not staying home, but I didn't plan to either.


19 posted on 09/03/2006 2:14:39 PM PDT by kcbc2001
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To: Treize

John Conyers as majority chairman of anything scares me.

I'm not staying home, but I didn't plan to either.


20 posted on 09/03/2006 2:15:09 PM PDT by kcbc2001
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