Why I am not voting Republican this fall [because I'm a retread zotted troll]

SmallGovTimes.com ^ | 09/23/2006 | William Calhoun

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

*I'm* not laughing.

Practical Example: I don't like the choices for Gov. in CA and I voted for McClintock, not Arnold last time--but this time, UNGH. Holding nose--but we must hold Arnie in check. NO POTUS for him! Meanwhile, I'm SURE not throwing a tantrum or throwing up my hands.

We've all got work to do to make next time's choices better--and make sure there IS a next time, and a next.

[abercrombie_guy_38]

What I dislike most about FR: make even a sniffle of displeasure with the Republican party or even think about voting for a third party and you get humped as if you had walked into a pack of dogs in heat. I didn't have to read this article to realize a)the GOP is wrong on immigration reform and b)I can see little difference between it and the Rats on immigration reform. Yes, there are a number of GOP congressmen who understand the issue and vote accordingly, however, at least half of the party is split on the issue to my eyes. I find it quite odd, too, in light of numerous polls showing the vast majority of Americans do not support a soft stance on illegal immigration. This is the perfect issue to slam the Rats on and would do wonders in November yet some either fail to realize it or want to reward big business/special interests. I don't play that game.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, not to the Republican party. I'll vote accordingly. If I "waste my vote" then it's on me.

[Darkwolf377]

Facts are facts--have you ever been acquainted with them?

Look at the logline for the cover story:

"Bigger pay raise in peril Plans to line troops’ pockets with an extra half-percent on top of the Pentagon’s proposed 2.2 percent Jan. 1 pay raise are all but dead."

Not what the cover implies--do you have access to the article? If so, post it so we can read the facts, not just the sizzle used to sell the magazine. Just the above quoted portion disputes your silly assertion about Bush.

[T.L.Sink]

I agree with one thing in your post. The open-borders crowd (including Bush) are "betraying the Constitution". I give a simple citation from that Constitution:


Article IV, Section 4:

" The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion."


Even the pro-illegals admit the alien tsunami is an invasion. Aside from the social, economic, and cultural disasters -- it's a clear and present danger to our national security in this era of international terrorism.

If some terrorists stroll across our borders and commit mass murder of Americans the Executive and Legislative branches will be guilty of criminal neglegence.

[onyx]

If you don't want laughs, don't post funny kitty pics.

:)

Like I told you before, I have grown tired of responding to "teach the GOP a lesson, stay home, or vote third party" posters.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I guess I forgot to thank them for turning the country around. I should buy stock in Haliburton before it goes to crap.

Or you could buck up and control your own destiny. Yet Dick Cheney and Halliburton have removed all of your options. I smell ozone.

[Texasforever]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, not to the Republican party. I'll vote accordingly. If I "waste my vote" then it's on me.

I swear I can hear the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" after that. Damn, I have to stop the screen is getting blurry.

[jazusamo]

Tiger007 went bye bye.

[Thinkin' Gal]

In the cartoon Rescuers Down Under, Percival C. McLeach routinely abuses his pet monitor lizard. At the end of the movie, McLeach is being carried down a swift-moving river toward the falls. Joanna (the lizard), from the safety of a nearby rock, waves buh-bye.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

you get humped as if you had walked into a pack of dogs in heat.

Hey, this is Jim's forum. If you want to bleat about the advantage of being liberal.....SMN

[Darkwolf377]

facts = facts

"The White House parries the charge by pointing to pay raises for the troops of more than 15 percent under Bush, privatizing of troops' housing, and large increases in defense spending -- all resulting in record retention rates in the military. Bush aides also counter that the president proposed the largest-ever increase in discretionary spending for the Veterans Administration in his 2004 budget."--Washington Post June 17, 2003

"Defense Department officials, in budget briefings this month, said the proposed raise is based on the growth in private-sector wages as measured by the Labor Department's Employment Cost Index. Because of the lengthy federal budget process, there is usually a 15-month lag between the labor-market snapshot taken by the index and the effective date of the pay raise. Pentagon officials also pointed out that the military has received substantial raises in recent years. Tina W. Jonas , the defense comptroller, estimated the increase in military pay to be 29 percent since 2001."--Washington Post, February 21, 2006

The "lowest pay raise" is a "fact" that you have chosen to take out of context into order to smear the president.

Bush has increased military pay 29 PERCENT in six years. A paltry increase doesn't negate the FACT that he has increased military pay by nearly 1/3 in SIX YEARS--would you prefer he have given much smaller increases since 2001, all of which could be considered "higher" without adding up to 29%?

Now please, tell me again how he doesn't support the military.

[YoungSoutherner]

I do agree we need to vote for conservative Republicans.

We need more people like GA Gov Sonny Perdue. I wonder if has considered running for president.

[Marie]

but any person who considers themselves a conservative should be ticked off with the GOP right now.

Amen to that. I'm irritated but not irritated enough to step into a third party. I'd say that I hate the Dems more than I feel betrayed by the Rep.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

I KNOW I can count on YOUR vote, so my day's work is done, < grin > gotta get up early for church. 'Night, Nightowl!


P.S. My kitty wasn't laughing either! ;^)

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I wish I was in the land of cotton,
old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
In Dixie land where I was born in, early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
Chorus:
Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Old Missus marry Will de Weaber, Will-yum was a gay deceaber,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
But when he put his arm around her,
smiled as fierce as a forty pounder.
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land. (Chorus)

Dars buckwheat cakes an' ingen batter, makes you fat or a little fatter,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
Den hoe it down and scratch your grabble to Dixie's land
I'm bound to travel,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie land. (Chorus)

[onyx]

Have a blessed Sunday.

[TigersEye]

In less critical times I felt that principle was more important than practicality when it came to my vote too. It really wasn't then either but I understand where these folks are coming from. Thankfully I haven't voted a "principled" vote since '92 when I couldn't stand GHWB and didn't have a clue who BJ Clinton was. I wasted, let me repeat, I WASTED my vote on Ross Perot. But I wasn't a conservative then (and dang sure not a liberal) I was an apolitical ignoramus who loved freedom, liberty and America. But things have changed and so have I.

Principles mean nothing in politics if you have no influence to implement them. If the Dems win conservatives have NO influence.

[defenderSD]

If a troll falls in the forest but nobody hears him fall, does he make a sound, and if so does it sound like...

ZOT?

[onyx]

Hey, the writer of this rant is "some conservative" ---

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27 posted on 09/23/2006 4:39:43 PM CDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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[Texasforever]

It is amusing to see how many freepers jumped in to agree with him.