Colin McNickle is the Trib's director of editorial pages [a paper owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, i.e., not a liberal rag]. Ring him at (412) 320-7836. E-mail him at: cmcnickle@tribweb.com.
"As for those Democrats who likely are to gain power, they're so bad that their return tenure will be a very brief blip -- just enough time to scare the pants off the American people and better set the stage for real conservatives and real Republicans to rise again and start setting this country straight."
I cannot buy this. It makes no sense. The Venezuelans somehow let Hugo Chavez get into power. I doubt that anything is going to remove him now that he's on top. People say, "Why haven't the Cubans overthrown Castro's oppressive regime?". Answer: they can't.
Don't we see that if you let the Devil get one foot in the door we won't be able to close the door and prevent his complete entry? Don't stay home election day and let the Chavez-type Demonrats into power. You may be very sorry when it's too leta.
" I'm also a contrarian -- a conservative with libertarian leanings."
Has anyone ever met a libertarian who wasn't a crank- constantly bitching and moaning about NAFTA or some other single issue ?
Has a libertarian ever won any elected office ?
They're like ticks that attach themselves to the Republicans and try and bleed us dry with their threats every single election.
I have no patience for these selfish, one issue, holier than thou narcissists and their petty attempts to scuttle what a lot of us have worked very hard for.
A true conservative and patriot would never threaten to turn Congress over to those who are guaranteed to surrender to terrorists.
It's political suicide. There could be one or two more Supreme Court vacancies before Bush leaves. Do you really think that a liberal Democratic Senate will accept someone like Clarence Thomas or John Roberts to the Supreme Court?
Oh, and forget about any extensions whatsoever of the Bush tax cuts (not the Howard Phillips or Harry Browne or I Stayed Home on Election Day tax cuts, the BUSH tax cuts).
Stay home...elect a Democrat! Yes, stupid,it is your choice!
This is nothing but 'cut and run conservatives' that don't want to play with the team...
Don't listen to them, they are helping the other party....
Yeah! punish the GOP and at the same time you are punishing us, the country and all who protect Her.....no thanks, my son needs all the support he can get.
Childish pouting.
I have been phoned twice now by GOP fund raisers and have given them the same message to take back to the party leaders. "I will probably vote Republican only because they are not Democrats, but I will not give one more cent until they get the core issues of spending and borders under control."
Yes, I know he can't.
Whenever someone starts off a sentence with the phrase "I'm a Republican, but..." your BS detector should go off.
Lot of truth there.
I have plenty of great conservatives and critical ballot issues to support and give my time and energy to between now and November 7th.
In fact, there is so much to do that I have no time to worry about the fate of RINOs or those I want to "punish" for their lack of conservatism or leadership in past months and years.
Those battles can be fought on November 8th and beyond.
I've voted straight R my entire life. This time it will be "L" or I will write in my own name.
Colin McNickle is an idiot of the highest caliber. This is no time for OPERATION FOOTBULLET.
This is quite the amazing frickin' selfish crybaby tantrum, signifying insanity.
The time to hold court on our Republican officials was during the primaries. NOT NOW!!!!!!
It obviously makes no sense to avoid voting for the lesser of evils, when that amounts to voting for the greater evil.
The problems we have with Congress are due to the Republicans not having enough of a majority, and many not being conservative enough. The latter problem should be dealt with in the primaries. The first problem will only get worse, if we elect more Democratic socialists.