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.
"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.