I’m Tired of Neo-Cons Being Tired of Conservatives (Rant alert)

Aw, Shucks southern News and Links ^ | 29 January 2004 | Jeff Adams

[rcofdayton]

What's wrong with voting one's conscience?

[BraveMan]

And therefore people best just shut up and take whatever steaming pile of leftist feces that Bush sends their way with a smile and a thank you... Right? Is that how it works?

There are many candidates on many different ballots this November. Promoting conservatism extends well beyond the Presidential candidate. Of course, you don't need a simian like me to call this to your attention . . .

The problem with promoting conservatism via the vote, especially this year, is it requires work; one has to actually study every position and every candidate and determine his or her true stance to the best of one's ability, to determine whether or not that candidate is really conservative. Voting a straight ticket won't cut it; nor will a 'protest' vote for an unelectable, though thoroughly papered, conservative presidential candidate.

Likewise, sitting at home on election day does nothing but affirm moral and intellectual laziness on the part of the sofa warmer.

To thine own self be true . . .

[gorush]

I'm fully in your camp as usual.

[Columbine]

I am not your son and I don't run your errands.

Conservatives are self reliant.

Try Google.

[Sockdologer]

You don't even read what's being written.
You repeat the same line over and over again.
Bush expanded federal programs! Bush expanded
federal programs. Yeah. Right. Okay. We get the point.
I even said you might have a valid complaint - but
when it comes down to the voting, you still have
only two options. One of them is Bush and one of them is the Democrat.

Bush may let us down on a lot of issues, but in letting
a Democrat win, you give up _every_ issue.

I'm not telling you to excuse Bush. But I fail to see
how ensuring a Democratic win will solve your problem.
It's more important to keep the country in the best
state possible than to teach one Republican candidate
a lesson.

If I'm wrong, show me how, but don't keep repeating
your little list of federal programs. I've seen it
already.

[Dane]

Look. No one's telling you to embrace everything the President's done. But use a little common sense.

JMO, but common sense to OWK is like water being thrown on the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz.

[Tamzee]

Mr. Adams,

You don't deserve to wear that name. Mr. Rosenberg would suit you more appropriately as you are willing to put America's future at great risk for the sake of your personal ideals.

[Sockdologer]

Hey, it's not the criticism I mind. It's the voting
I'm worried about.

[Sockdologer]

JMO?

[OWK]

You don't even read what's being written.

I read exactly what you wrote.

And I've read it 1000 times before.

Yeah... they're not conservative.. "but the dems"... "the dems"... the boogermen will eat out liver if we dare to criticize the king..

Bah...

[Warren_Piece]

It grows tiresome.

Tiresome is the constant, DAILY postings of dispiriting negativity that are posted on FR to accomplish...

Well, we don't know what they are supposed to accomplish except some vague "Make Bush Accountable" idea. Everybody at FR knows how you Disgruntled ones feel now. Fine. But why post DAY after DAY, HOUR after HOUR the same negative stuff.

It's like wormtounge. It's like Terrell Owens. It's like the wife of the referee in the super bowl commercial.

Pure poison.

[Dane]

JMO?

Just my opinion.

[OWK]

Another name it warms my heart to see.

Best Regards.

[Tamzee]

When hundreds of thousands of illegals per year can cross our borders with impunity, our sovereignty is at risk.

To the extent President Kerry would put us at risk? Those are our only two realistic choices... a man who has shown great personal character but not 100% conservative values, or a man who deliberately flies the American flag upside, admires socialism and bows reverently to the U.N.

[Sockdologer]

Alright. If you don't think the dems are worse,
tell me why. Tell me how. I'm waiting.

[Ches]

The quantum leap to the left aside, the biggest threat to freedom I see is the Kremlin-style, toe the party line mentality that has emerged in our national politics. Don't question, don't think. Our leaders know better, our motives are pure, we know what's best for you. If you do not conform, we will punish you in a hundred different ways. Those who control by threat or intimidation are not leaders at all.

[Columbine]

The vote for Perot didn't appear to be a clear vote for conservatism. He had populist appeal and represented some kind of vague dissatisfaction with politics and politicians, apparently. A vote for the Libertarian or Constitution candidate would be unmistakeable.

Good Lord! Why is it so hard to understand that the split vote elected Bill Clinton?

Split it again and maybe you will get Hillary. Or if not Hillary, maybe it will be Kerry who pretended to throw away his medals in an anti-war protest.

[OWK]

Tiresome is the constant, DAILY postings of dispiriting negativity...

Awwww.... negativity.. (sniff sniff)

I am critical of socialism and leftism.

I criticize Bush for his socialism, and his leftism.

Want to hear less criticism of Bush?

Encourage him to behave like less of a leftist.

Pretty simple.

[Sockdologer]

Exactly!

[blackie]

"I’m Tired"

Maybe you should look at your attachment to being tired.