The pity is I absolutely believe Dubyuh is capable of the kind of leadership we seek. Somehow, though, I sense he's being misled by advisors who would willingly sell conservative principles down the river in exchange for a couple points bump in the polls. Long-term, I think Dubyuh and the GOP could do major damage to their credibility with the Party's base....The "whining" of Fiscal Conservatives needs to be appreciated by the Bush Administration as the CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism it is...we're not trying to undermine Dubyuh's success, we're trying to save him and the GOP from the Milquetoast Moderate wing of the Party that wouldn't know Conservative Principles if they bit them on the behind!!
Amen. It appears that the ‘milquetoast moderate’ wing (a wing in which many supposed conservatives seem to take up at least temporary residence more and more often) is quite immune to wake up calls, just as it appears that the sins of the (‘read my lips’) father have been visited upon his son.
I, for one, intend to continue to whine….and steel myself against the ‘Bush hater’ label. It’s the sticks and stones thing. As I recall, our Founders honed whining to an art form. Let’s hope the powers that be begin listening before we have to consider the same options the Founders did. Life and liberty, as guaranteed in their hard-won blueprint, are not to be taken for granted. And the more capitulation by conservatives to those who place little value on either (no matter the supposed stealth political rationale behind their concessions to the leftists....who always seize the opportunity to use milquetoast to their advantage), the less their conservatism rings true. Bush may be a conservative at heart, but there comes a point when.... if it claims to be an eagle, but looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....
I still believe Dubyuh has to have learned a thing or two from his Daddy's needless demise, but I remain unimpressed with his domestic agenda to date. Perhaps that's what it takes to get elected to America's highest office these days, but it seems like a little intestinal fortitude would go a long way in securing the base for a significant run against the Federal Leviathan, were Dubyuh so inclined.
"I, for one, intend to continue to whine….and steel myself against the ‘Bush hater’ label."
I'm no BushBasher, either, and am perfectly willing to verbally-whup any FReeper's butt who alleges otherwise...still, it is unnerving that so many on OUR side of the aisle are perfectly willing to excuse governmental excesses by Dubyuh that they'd never allow by Der SchleekMeister. Contrary to popular FReeper belief, Principles really DO matter!!
"Life and liberty, as guaranteed in their hard-won blueprint, are not to be taken for granted. And the more capitulation by conservatives to those who place little value on either (no matter the supposed stealth political rationale behind their concessions to the leftists....who always seize the opportunity to use milquetoast to their advantage), the less their conservatism rings true. Bush may be a conservative at heart, but there comes a point when.... if it claims to be an eagle, but looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...."
Folks whose opinions I trust and respect, like Landru and C.T., keep telling me to be patient, so I shall, for now. However, attaining Power for Power's sake is a Devil's Bargain if we willingly forfeit those anti-Big-Guv'ment Principles that I use to justify my passion...and I look for the day that the Bush Administration calls in all those chits he's apparently winning from the middle-of-the-roaders in exchange for these so-called "compromises" on domestic policy.
FReegards...MUD