Actually they vote like the loopy idealists of the 60s. Remember when conservatives were reasoned, rational, and pragmatic-- and didn't think with their emotions? What happened? Who feminized the psyche of conservatives?
Our southern border isn't as secure as it should be.
If it really is about winning elections, as the Bush apologists claim then why not use the winning strategy?
TAKE BACK THE SENATE AND KEEP THE HOUSE - 2002!
Oh yes... To more of the same.
This article is a yawn, simply regurgitating the tedious, Bush-loyalist rationalizations we've grown accustomed to on FR. Thanks for all of the coalition-building boldface.
All you've done is set the stage for more rounds of insults and groupthink... Self-congratulations are in order!
What you and those who think like you on this forum would like to do is shut down debate, because debate is going to entail criticism of the President. Unfortuanately, there are areas where President Bush has merited criticism, and this is America... deal with it.
I'm baffled, actually, by the screechings from the loyalists' corner, forever warning about the perils of Hillary or Gore... you've simply drawn a different lesson from 1992 than some of us have. You think the problem is that not enough conservatives fell in line with Bush 41, and you blame them for Clinton.
While I voted for Poppy, I don't blame the conservatives for dumping him at all... I blame George HW Bush for not falling in line with conservatives. Their vote is not his birthright.
And no one's vote is the birthright of George W Bush; if he loses them, he's responsible. He's a politician; if he loses elections, he's responsible. He serves at our pleasure, and if he loses our pleasure, it's his burden.
What did you really expect from posting this screed? You never wanted to reach out, you wanted to slap down. Are those of us critical of the President now supposed to gratefully come to our senses? That's not going to happen as a result of this article and the attendant "attaboys." Not one vote will be cowed into the fold, nor one critical voice silenced. You made yourself feel better, but you've done nothing to advance the cause of conservatism, nor, ironically, President Bush.
Let the circular firing squad continue.
Sure, I'll probably vote for him again, but for now we need to make him work for our votes.
The American Right can't be anyone's bitch--we've seem just how much it's helped certain ethnic groups to become slaves servants of the Democratic party. The more in thrall they are, the worse they do.
This was especially amusing, in light of the oft-repeated aphorism that "we're taking the Democrat's issues away," when we enter the legislative fray intending to give them half of what they want, rather than settling for only half of what we want.
That's not "letting liberals win?"