Posted on 01/25/2008 12:49:01 AM PST by Aristotelian
Declarations: The primary campaign is tearing the Democrats apart. President Bush already did that to the Republicans.
We begin, as one always must now, again, with Bill Clinton. The past week he has traveled South Carolina, leaving discord in his wake. Barack Obama, that "fairytale," is low, sneaky. "He put out a hit job on me." The press is cruelly carrying Mr. Obama's counter-jabs. "You live for it."
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As for the Republicans, their slow civil war continues. . . . The rage is due to many things. A world is ending, the old world of conservative meaning, and ascendancy. Loss leads to resentment. (See Clinton, Bill.)
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It will all come down to: Whom do Republicans believe? Mr. Romney in spite of his past and now-disavowed liberal positions? Or Mr. McCain in spite of his forays, the past 10 years, into a kind of establishment mindset that has suggested that The Establishment Knows Best?
Do conservatives take inspiration from Mr. Romney's newness? Or do they take comfort and security from Mr. McCain's rugged ability to endure, and to remind?
It is along those lines the big decision will be made.
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A word to the wise: Look at what's happening as a result of not having a conservative in the White House. I recall railing against Bush eight years ago and being stomped on by Bush apologists. Now look. The apologies for Bush have stopped and look at the mess that's been left.
We best remember this when it comes to picking this year's candidate. Another non-conservative GOPer would be disastrous.
It's so trendy to bash Bush that we forget many of the sins perpetrated by the genuinely great Ronald Reagan, which we so conveniently forget.
Bush has not been a conservative in spending, but he's done quite a bit I'm happy with, and quite a bit the worshipers of Reagan conveniently ignore.
It's a false choice--I can imagine conservatives, like me, holding our nose and voting for Romney, but can't imagine conservatives voting for McCain for any other reason than "Not Hillary".
I don’t regret voting for GWB for one sec.
He’s not perfect but compared to the alternatives he’s far superior.
Do you really want Hillary to appoint the next 3 or 4 Supreme Court Justices? If that happens it’s all over. A lot of the leftist on the court have stubbornly refused to retire because the wanted to out wait Bush. The moment Hillary is in they will retire.
Romney was not my first choice, and he’s not perfect. But getting him in is very important.
True, so now what?
The above "so now what?" is not sarcasm. It is a genuine question looking for an answer.
The usual "My favorite RINO" - _____________ (fill in blank) is not it.
The alternative DEM _______________ ( is a seemingly a worse horror).
Living in a blue state, I am inclined to say pass the popcorn while we watch the ship sink. Unfortunately I am on the ship.
I didn’t vote for Bush in the 2000 Republican primary.
Once it became only choice between Bush and Gore there was only one possible choice - which I don’t regret making. Gore would have been far worse.
So it is what it is. That’s life.
My view of Bush isn’t “trendy.” I was a staunch Forbes supporter.
Conservatives are the new RINOs. Rockefeller has replaced Reagan as exemplified by the remaining GOP candidates.
"Liberal Republican" has now become redundant.
Some just find it difficult to give credit where credit is due.
OTOH, since GW is not running, I suppose even conservatives can vent, to make a conservative point, without much harm.
Saying, "He should have vetoed the Democrat budget" does not exactly help Democrats.
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So was I, neighbor. And because I don't like "dialogging" with idiots, I won't say anything more. I'm just hiding out in the swamps until later...
That’s exactly where we’re headed. Minds are made up, you can’t say a word to them.
Romney has bee anointed and the only thing left is to start the daily threads with pictures. At least we can hope that some person would have the good sense to pray for the nation this next eight years, instead of one individual that doesn’t care enough about U.S. Citizens to stop them from be killed by foreign nationals.
Lordy, we lean NOTHING from history and wonder why conservatism is dying.
In four years, we’ll do it again.
Just duh!
I fear conservative is fast becoming "a dinosaur" or more accurately - a museum piece: rare and valuable but considered obsolete.
Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of Reagan bashing around here to make Bush and Romney look better.
Neither one of them is fit to carry his slippers.
Oh, you're right--praise for Bush is IN!
I was a staunch Forbes supporter.
Explains a lot.
Yeah, he would have DEMOLISHED Gore--except he couldn't even win the nomination.
I can give him credit for the good, but it doesn’t excuse the bad!
There was a time when I would have walked on hot coals for George Bush, don’t call me disloyal. The damned Amicus brief is the final nail, I’ve seen the light!
Noticing that Reagan was a human being, and made mistakes, isn't "bashing" unless one idolizes him. Allowing the greatest president of my lifetime to be human isn't "bashing" him, but when one is desperate one has to make such statements, I guess.
Hey, do you even care about the U.S. Constitution and our Second Amendment rights?
You don’t regret voting for a man that is trying to short circuit the first review of the Second Amendment in 60 years?
I’ve spent my whole adult life hoping to have the U.S. Supreme court clarify our irrefutable gun rights, and Bush had his solicitor general send a brief to the court that supports carve outs.
Just damn!!! It’s been 60 fricken years, and you glibly act as if this means nothing at all.
Great post, couldn't agree more.
I will vote for the Republican against Hillary, but I don't think it's going to do us any good.
What a dumn s—t! The problem is that I idolize Reagan, but you certainly don’t idolize Bush and Romney.
What a J.A.
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