Posted on 03/20/2002 1:06:31 PM PST by diotima
You want `em, get them elected. But don't complain when the votes don't go there because you ran off like some two-year old in a hissy fit!
Let it be understood that your rant is in response to a couple of simple questions...
Could anything cause you to lose (your faith in President Bush)?
Is there any line you'd draw?
Speaking of hissy fits, God forbid anyone suggest that there might times when the President needs to be reminded who he works for.
It's that simple. Those are the lines I have drawn at present. I like a lot of what Ron Paul says, although I disagree with him strongly on foreign policy and legalization of drugs. I'm probably a neoconservative/libertarian hybrid.
The fact is, right now, we only have about 205 decent or better people in the House, and maybe 45 decent or better Senators. The good news is that in the House, we've got leadership that will do the right thing at least 90% of the time. We don't have that in the Senate.
Quite frankly, the President has done pretty well for the most part. My big beef is the camnpaign finance bill, but at the same time, this thing will be dealt with permanently by SCOTUS. Congressman Billybob is very sure we can get just about everything in Shays-Meehan tossed.
We've got to pick our fights carefully right now. And frankly we've got that border security stuff in the House that Senator KKK is holding up in the Senate. And we get to kick his butt on two counts as opposed to one.
I learned in 1995 we were not going to get everything we wanted, and if we pushed too hard, we'd get our butts handed to us by the media and the Dems. On the other hand, I think that if we apply the lesson of the parable of the old bull and the young bull, we'll win big now and down the road.
But we have to be realistic here. We need numbers and we need to back the President over this Social Security mess that Gephardt and Matsui are trying to start. Because if the Dems win Congress in 2002, and if they add the White House in 2004 with Hillary, Gore, or anyone else like that, it is 100% over.
Same here. I hope President Bush realizes how big this decision is with his true supporters. He is so wrong if he thinks his soft tactic's like giving Boner Bono $$$ are going to win him any substantial votes. So wrong. HE NEEDS US!
BTW I found some great "Lets Roll" bumper stickers at http://www.victorystore.com/bumper/letsroll.htm
If Bush signs the CFR I am plastering my new "Lets Roll" sticker over my Bush sticker :( sniff sniff
He could disappoint me on CFR, but the only real and plausible deal-breaker for me, as you know, is Illegal Immigration.
I have other disagreements with Bush, but not nearly so vehement.
I'm not looking for excuses to vote other than GOP, and even if I did, I don't plan on registering otherwise. If I put my vote in play, rather than staying party-line, I want the GOP to know that the loss of my ballot isn't necessarily permanent.
But we have to be realistic here. We need numbers and we need to back the President over this Social Security mess that Gephardt and Matsui are trying to start.
Do you really think that a veto of CFR is going to cost us numbers? It's a press-suckeled non-issue with the electorate. I suppose that Bush could sign it with a press conference stating he's doing it so that the Supreme Court will take it up, but to me that's a passing of the buck. He has 80% polls and moral authority now. Why not use it to make the case for more, not less, freedom of speech in political campaigns?
And as to Illegals, the President is paddling up a bad stream, the people don't want what he's pushing.
How doesn being antagonistic or unnecessarily compromising help us with Social Security?
To be blunt, the border security measures that could help with illegal immigration are tied up by the Dems. And frankly, according to today's Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020322-11804762.htm), Mexico's been helping us out in other areas.
Sorry if we've got different hot-button issues, but right now, trading a brief extension of 245(i) in exchange for getting better border security is one I'll take, since it also adds a lot of stuff to fix messes like Atta's visa.
PRESIDENT BUSH
TO VETO
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
and is a constitution issue. The clock is ticking!
What in the world do you have against the CFR?
The Council on Foreign Relations has as much clout as Baying Buchanan.
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