Republicans, All Dressed up, But Nothing More Than Empty Suits

Vanity ^ | 10/09/02 | B. A. Conservative

[CyberCowboy777]

You certainly make allot of assumptions and like to belittle or make fun of your opposite.

Why?

[Protagoras]

I'd venture to say we only disagree on Boarders, maybe Foreign policy and Abortion. And you know what is funny, plenty of Libertarians agree with me on those issues.

The YOU was YOU the Republican party. If you arent a member, (you sure are a supporter) then it doesn't apply to you.

And as far as the differences you cite, you might be surprised if you think that my views are the same as the Libertarian Party. And it is doubtful you know what that party says about some of those things based on your comment. So I guess you make the same mistake you accuse me of.

[Protagoras]

I have not been told anything, I can read.

So you read that Libertarians are fallen away Republicans? And that isn't being told? And BTW, it is false.

[Protagoras]

Funny that you would direct me to your profile for information and yet you ask for more information than is on my profile. Very telling.

I directed you to the information because it was available, yours was not. I checked, it lacked that detail or I wouldn't have asked.

As to generations having to answer for things, that is a preposterous idea. People answer for their own actions, not the actions of others who happen to have been born around the same time.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

The problem with folks like you is that if one doesn't agree with your view 100% than they are fools or statist or lessors than you PURE conservatives (by YOUR definition)...it is the OVER the top generalizations that show you to be unable to see the forrest for the trees that YOU planted...NOT all republicans are empty suits, but folks like you usually roll out the "deeply thoughtfull" there-is-no-difference-between-republicans-and-democrats childish rant....If what has just happened in New Jersey, if three democrats in Bagdad, if denied and delayed judicial appointments in the Senate, if having ONE view of war with Saddam when a democrat is president, then making a 180 degree change when a republican is president, if missile technology to RED CHINA for campaign funds is NOT enough to convince you that republicans ARE different, then you will never be happy...stay with your small phone booth convention soul mates and continue to turn your arrogant noses when a republican passes by....There are too many moderates in the republican party...there are NOT nearly enough true conservative in the GOP, but it is GOOFY to say that they are ALL empty suits...besides they are the ONLY party that has a chance of holding a majority in both houses, and are far better than criminal law breaking democrats.

Amen, again I say................Amen!

[CyberCowboy777]

I know the party platform and I know not all Libertarians agree 100%.

If you disagree with the party on the things I mentioned then we are possibly closer in opinion than I thought.

Also, I support quality candidates, not party members. Which was the original point.

[CyberCowboy777]

I can read the thoughts and opinions of Libertarians and the Conservative base of the Republican party.

They are not that far apart, anyone who says they are is only stirring up trouble.

[Protagoras]

Why?

If you feel belittled, maybe it is a personal problem. The reason I raised the point of your age is that I grow bored very quickly of being lectured by people who were playing little league when I was making the same observations that you are now. I'm not new to the game, been there, done that as Bush elder used to say when you were 15.

[strela]

If you want my vote, MY VOTE IS FOR SALE!

It would be too difficult for me to try to hold my nose and pull my wallet out of my hip pocket at the same time. No sale.

[Protagoras]

They are not that far apart, anyone who says they are is only stirring up trouble.

Nonsense. They agree on some things but disagree on many others. And I'm not trying to stir up trouble in anyone's little clam. What is is. The fact that you see this great coalition against the great evil Democrats doesn't change that.

[CyberCowboy777]

Do not turn this on me! LOL

You make snide and belittling remarks, you assume positions and beliefs and you make fun. How I feel has nothing to do with the fact that you feel it necessary to act in this childish manner. I would like to know why you deem it necessary.

You may have more "time in the game", now maybe you should act like it.

[CyberCowboy777]

Where pray tell are we diametrically oppose?

The fact that you see this great coalition against the great evil Democrats Fascist (third way types)....

Yes I do "see" a great hope for our nation. More than one coalition is apart of that, but never with fascist.

Maybe your stuck in your ways and cannot see an opportunity and take it. I am not.

[Protagoras]

Maybe your stuck in your ways and cannot see an opportunity and take it. I am not.

Or maybe you need to get a grip on reality. I have hope for you, as you grow up, you may see things as they really are.

Have a nice weekend kid, it's Miller time.

[Inkie]

Much of the socialism that has come out of Congress in the last two years is because the numbers are so close. If the Pubs can get both houses, and then things don't change, I will have to rethink. But everything conservatives want to do has to be adjusted and compromised at the moment. If you want that to stop, and a real conservative agenda to dominate, vote Republican so we can get the Supreme Court on our side (with a hope to overturn Roe v Wade), get the tax cut made permanent, eliminate inheritance and capital gains taxes and get the economy moving without Rat interference.

If you sit on your hands, you might as well be voting personally for Paul Wellstone.

[CyberCowboy777]

I have a firm grip on reality, what about my life says otherwise?

I also have hope for you, as your grandchildren grow up, you may see things as they can be.


Have a nice weekend old man, Prime Rib and Coors tonight.

[B. A. Conservative]

"Much of the socialism that has come out of Congress in the last two years is because the numbers are so close."

You are repeating the Media mantra and myth that continues to confuse the public and the Republican leadership. Republicans have earned and continue to deserve the title of The Stupid Party.

When Republicans try to win votes from socialists, there are three predictable consequences:

• Socialists can tell the difference between Republicans and the real thing. With the occassional exception, they opt for the real thing.
• Solid conservative voters abandon Republicans who cater to the left.
• Even if the lefty Republicans win, they cannot move back to a conservative position or they will be crucified by the Media and defeated in their next election by lefty voters returning to the real thing and there will be no conservatives to fill the gap. Conservatives can tell the difference too, and will not vote for socialists.

The road to power for Republicans is not paved with socialism. The road to power is the path paved by Ronald Reagan and the Contract with America.

All the other roads of good intentions lead you know where. The socialists' paths lead to the edge of a cliff. You can take the fork in the road to the right or you can follow the lemmings. So far, it is one of the few choices that the socialists have not taken away. But that hasn't stopped network television election coverage of the Florida election returns or the Florida Supreme Court from trying.

[WhiteGuy]

Rainy Saturday AM Bump

MY VOTE IS FOR SALE!

I'm still waiting for a response, ANY response from the candidates I sent your contract to.

I guess my trip to the polling place will be a short one this time.

[B. A. Conservative]

I voted today. The libertarians had a surprisingly large slate of candidates and for the first time in my recollection a box where you could vote the straight Libertarian ticket. I will be the first to admit that it could have been there before and I simply didn't notice. In the past I have never gotten past the box for the straight Republican ticket.

[Inkie]

That's all well and good, and yes, it would be nice to have a Reagan or a Gingrich rearing to go. But we don't. So you can make a choice. More of Leahy and no Bush judge nominees, or Orrin Hatch and a chance at bringing the bench back in the direction it was meant to be. The Senate is the key. The Republican party is the stupid party when it appeases the left, but it is also the stupid party when it says, "If I don't get everything my way right this minute, I'm going to take my vote and go home." That is a way to get Democrats FOREVER. And if you don't think there's a difference between Paul Wellstone and John McCain, then you need to study up. As Thomas Sowell says, it's all a matter of where you draw the line. Perhaps you draw the line before I do, but my line is closer to your line than the enemy's line. You can argue the purity of everything if you want, but in practice, we are just going to get ourselves into a position of NEVER having power. It's sort of like the postmodernists saying if a culture is not perfect, it is therefore bad.

Occasionally, we need to take the same tack as the Fabian Socialists. Only in the opposite direction.

[Inkie]

Well, if you voted libertarian, then congratulations. You just helped elect a Democrat.