Posted on 06/22/2002 9:46:05 AM PDT by quidnunc
Instead of complaining about Bush, clean up your own house.
Thus far, President Bush has proven to be a major impediment to cleaning up our house.
Ever wonder what happened to the GOP lock on California that ended with Clinton in 1992? Prior to that, only LBJ had been able to take CA for the Dems since 1950.
The key is San Diego and Orange County. There used to be more than enough Republicans there to offset Leftist majorites in Los Angeles and the Bay Area... until the demographic tidal wave of Illegal Aliens. Illegals provide a huge opportunites for voter fraud and demogoguery by the Left. Why do you think Democrats scream bloody murder if we try to get rid of bilingual ballots and laws against requiring valid ID to register or vote? And they do it with the anti-Illegal = anti-immigrant = racist smear. How do you think Loretta Sanchez beat Bob Dornan?
And who do you think aided the Democrats? California tried to clean up its house in 1994, and was thwarted not only by the courts, but by the betrayal of a number of prominent Republicans who lent their imprimatur to the lies of the Left. Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett were foremost among them. But another Republican tossed in his two cents against us during the '94 battle over Proposition #187, even as he was making his first bid for the Texas state house: George W. Bush.
The President is sometimes part of the problem, and I will speak freely when he is, your disturbing attempts to stifle opposition notwithstanding.
I consider myself a pragmatic, traditional, law and order conservative and a proud Republican to boot. These are political positions I take because I love America and believe her best days lie in front of her. I haven't seen anything in my lifetime or in recent years that would lead me to believe the constitutional republic the Founding Fathers created, is about to fall apart. The main problems facing conservative America, are related to 70 years of creeping liberal policy that has produced excessive taxation and wealth transfers, which have allowed liberal law makers to build a selected social welfare state.
Politics is a slow process and the only way to turn things around, is to elect more and more conservative candidates to public office. That means employing a strategy of practical policy based on political incrementalism, negotiation and compromise. This will improve our chances to advance the most conservative agenda possible. It also means that if conservative Republicans want to get elected, they must appeal to independents and dissatisfied Democrats.
One enemy of the conservative movement is liberal Democrats who want to force America into a European type, social welfare state. Another enemy of conservatism are the fringe extremists, who would support and vote for third party candidates, or stay home on election day, in order to punish Republicans and teach them a lesson. What absurd and irrational thinking that is. It doesn't seem to matter, to these extremists, that such a startegy, would only lead to electing liberal Democrat's to office. You know, those people whose agenda we on the rightwing oppose and we're suppose to be defeating at the polls.
One thing that you and your political ilk can't seem to comprehend, is that America will never take a political course that sends it down a path of fringe extremism. The political gridlock we've experienced for the last 20 years, will only be solved by taking a solid and realistic, mainstream conservative approach. If you want to see America take an immediate hard right turn, that calls for a revolution and that is something the vast majority of Americans, like 99% of us, would never support.
Yes, when you give people down payments outright. That is wealth-redistribution. You have taken my money and given it to another person, in a classic Communist move.
Why can't those people stay in the projects where they belong, eh, Laz?
You are implying that I am a racist or classist now. You are indeed a hypocritical piece of trash. This is a perfect example of the Politics of Absolutism: If you oppose any of Bush's policies, you are a traitor. If you question government giveaways, you are a racist or classist. And so on.
The purpose of the Politics of Absolutism is to silence the opposition. I will not be silenced, and I will point out any use of this intellectually-dishonest rhetorical cudgel whenever I see it.
You shouldn't. Nothing wrong with pointing out the plain truth.
False. What else is new?
Apparently, using the "Politics of Absolutism is to silence the opposition" is only a problem for you when someone else is using it.
You are an unabashed hypocrite.
And once again, the "Politics of Absolutism is to silence the opposition" shows its hypocritical face.
This, from a man who implies I am a racist or classist because I oppose socialist redistribution plans??? LOL!!!
There's little point in dealing with an ignorant ahole such as yourself. Maybe I'll come back and poke you with a stick for amusement, later, but right now I've stuff to do.
And once again, the "Politics of Absolutism is to silence the opposition" shows its hypocritical face.
Bovine scatology. I noted that communism is the redistribution of wealth and observed that this housing program is also redistribution of wealth. A=B and B=C, ergo A=C.
I can't help it if simple logic intimidates you. Go get some education, it will no longer intimidate you any more.
From your #2045:
If you take my post wrong, blame yourself. There was nothing implied, just facts.
The only point of the facts you posted was the guilt-by-association fallacy the plain reading of your words clearly implied. If you didn't intend that, what was the purpose of your facts?
This is known as 'chanting', and deadens your mind to critical thinking. Cults employ this technique -- not implying, of course, you are behaving in a cultlike manner.
But your premise is incorrect. If Bush is wrong, he is no longer right.
You mispelled capable of logic and possessing critical-thinking skills.
Hope that helps.
Come on. You mean you are going to sit there with your teeth in your mouth and your face hanging out, and tell me you cannot see how these facts, presented as they are, are an implied smear -- a guilt-by-association???
Denial is very unbecoming.
My teeth are indeed in my mouth (where else should they be?), but I don't know what you mean by "face hanging out". Sounds weird, though.
I am going to tell you that if the graphics are appearing at DU, they're appearing at DU. We can all draw our own conclusions from that, but I doubt that anyone has suddenly concluded that the creator of such things is a closet socialist.
If the Democrats are enjoying the graphics, well, that says something to me - but apparently you would like people not to hear about it. That says something, too.
A selective use of the facts is known as "card-stacking." It's a tool of propagandists. While the facts may not be in dispute, the conclusion led to by the preselection is not necessarily honest.
Here's an example...
Say a scientist is testing a theory. He conducts an experiment. Some of the results confirm his theory, but some deny it.
If the scientist publishes a paper using only the facts that confirm his theory, has he been honest? Can we believe his conclusion?
Why not, if he only presented "facts?"
President Bush is not WRONG. President Bush is ON our side. You dont have to CHANT. You can say President Bush is not WRONG. President Bush is RIGHT. President Bush is ON our side. And THEN you can say President Bush is RIGHT. President Bush is ON our side. President Bush is not WRONG. And I am sorry to SAY that you should say this and if you want you can just THINK this instead. Sometimes I have seen OTHER people saying things over and over AGAIN. They do that NEAR the fountain at the court. I know that they SOUND like something is WRONG with them. Maybe YOU should just THINK these things. I dont CARE as long as you STAY on our side any you DONT go on the OTHER side any more. Okay. I am DONE with you for right now.
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