Posted on 11/09/2002 11:18:21 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:10:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
I read after the election that you felt the Democratic Party has lost its way and needs to reconnect with voters. As a friendly Republican who believes in the two-party system, I'd like to proffer some advice.
Interestingly enough, I used to be a Democrat myself. I went to Mississippi in 1964, protested the Vietnam War, campaigned for McGovern and generally felt myself to be part of the Sixties generation. Yet, by 1982, I was a dissenter on environmentalism, an enthusiast for free enterprise and more and more fed up with the Democratic agenda.
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As I understand it, the Budget Bill is not subject to filibuster, but all the appropriation bills which impliment it are. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Lawyers use the government to create more rules and regs. to make business more difficult. And who do you have to have to muddle through this crap---suprise, A LAWYER
The time is not right for GWB to pull out the big time budget axe. Let him take care of Saddammnn, make the tax cuts permanent, maybe cut them some more, get a start on tort reform, and then make reducing the size of government THE issue in 2004.The economy will be much better, the Rats will have nominated a loser, we should pick up seats in Congress, and he will then have a mandate.
I sure hope they are, but the Bush SOP seems to be a slower process then most of us would like. He seems to be patient and deliberate, and cautious--more so then I--or probably the average Freeper could be.
The lawyers are the foot soldiers of our big government. Think about how the two go hand-in-hand.
A typical case occured in 1992. Bill Clinton came to office with the HOUSE, the SENATE and the PRESIDENCY. It was LIBERAL HEAVEN and he was only wondering what to call his NEW DEAL or GREAT SOCIETY.
So among the first things Bill tried to do was liberate GAYS in the military. It did not give him a clue. Then He tried to Socialize 14 percent of our economy with HILLARY CARE.The Result was the Democrats suffered a major defeat in 1994. He could not even get HILLARY care through the congress with the DEMOCRATS in total control of both houses in 1993. Clinton found out like every post depression president, that attempts to make big changes only backfire and blow up in his face.
If Bush were as STUPID as many of the posters here on FR he would try to move the nation as far right as fast as CLINTON tried to move it LEFT in 1992. It would have the same result.
FAILURE with a capital F.
The time is not right for GWB to pull out the big time budget axe. Let him take care of Saddammnn, make the tax cuts permanent, maybe cut them some more, get a start on tort reform,
Correct, This is a war you have to define your target and go after them IN THE CORRECT ORDER, to win. Your list is the correct one. I would add to it: Tax Reform (FLAT TAX or NRST, if the 16th amendment is repealed), and maybe a SS system that looks more like the federal retirement system.
Why? The electorate.
Let that marinate.
No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
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