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To: Texas4ever
You see family ties are deep, probably because you know if you also get into difficult times, your family has your back. I don't see that lately with the Men and Woman we have elected. We had an agenda. We had a platform. "What our family stood for". As far as I am concerned, they sold us out for what....What do we stand for now?

You do have point here and yeah, that is the problem with analogies etc they are an attempt at parallel, but certainly not exacting. But I do think you make a good point in that there is more freedom and the ability to really select and put one's feet to the fire, when one is talking about party loyalty.

It is up to us the voters to put those feet to the fire. It is up to us to vote someone out or in and even to put pressure on them and other candidates in our party, when we feel they are not doing the job we sent the there to do.

I see this as a good thing. I see this as an example of why participation in a political party is so important. It is not perfect and yes, there are times we can just shake our heads and go, "What the ?" But we can even more then with out family clearly define who is a member and who is not. As they say . . . you can't pick your family, but you can pick your FRiends :-).

So hey, I'll renege on my own initial analogy and move on to the next level. This to me is what we do in politics. Sometimes we have to reevaluate and make change and this we can do in our own political party. Thus us is them if we participate.

I must add though there is an expected certain amount of compromise in politics and one needs to really decide, both individually and as a group when to fight and when to voice and opinion and stand down.

259 posted on 09/30/2006 7:38:03 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: GOP Poet
Have you seen Master and Commander?

The Officer on deck is in Charge and is responsible for the watch, the Captain trust he is doing what is needed to keep the ship safe.

The officer thinks he sees something, but doesn't trust his own eyes, the second officer looks at him and says You MUST MAKE A DECISION, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? a CALL TO ARMS?

This is what I am doing,asking those left to represent us to do something, Just don't sit by and let the enemy attack us. Stand for principle and defend it. Stand for conservative values and defend it. If you hesitate to think about what you know to be true, you are second guessing yourself and guess what, you have a weakness and you will be attacked at your weakest point.
268 posted on 09/30/2006 8:00:23 PM PDT by Texas4ever (Anything off the dollar menu :))
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