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I would like your opinion on Bush's promotion of the FTAA treaty, and what effect his amnesty of 12 million illegals will have on the delicate 50/50 balance at the ballot box.

I would like to know what the plan is for rolling back decades of liberal corruption. Does the battle begin with the leftist movement of the Republican party? What would actally work to move the Party back from it's march left?

If Bush wins against all odds, what measures are in place to prevent him from initiating this amnesty or the FTAA treaty? Does he have the best chance out of all the cadidates of getting this type of destruction through congress and the senate? Because if he does manage all of the above it is most likely the last time there will be a Republican holding any office in the USofA.

If the Republican Party has to be liberal lite to stay in the game, that pretty much means that conservatives have no real representation in this country. What then? I know you urge us to work with what we have, but shutting up and voting, is not a plan that has any real effect in rolling back decades of corruption or moving the party right.

I think the only thing politicians fear is being out of office. If all they get for their liberal actions is smiles and pats on the back I don't see them having any reason to change or fear the electorate. If conservatives are vital to the party, we should demand to come away from the table with some representation of our ideals. What is your long term plan?

"I would like to know what the plan is for rolling back decades of liberal corruption. Does the battle begin with the leftist movement of the Republican party?"

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The battle "begins" -- or rather continues, by re-electing Bush and electing more Republicans, so they are less constrained by the Democrats in shifting the country towards more conservative ideas. When you have a runaway train, it is physically impossible to turn it around 180 degrees, you gradually slow it down and slowly turn it a few degrees, then a few more degrees, and so on. You are complaining, because Bush didn't wave a magic wand and turn the runaway train around 180 degress in 10 seconds.

Because if he does manage all of the above it is most likely the last time there will be a Republican holding any office in the USofA."

Precisely... a fact that is understood, accepted, and considered by pragmatists who act according to that limitation, regardless of their ideological preferences.

I think the smartest thing to do is to copy the frog-boiling method used by Liberals - and you can't do that unless you're in a position of power...

So let's keep our positions, maintain any power we manage to eek away from the Liberals, and gradually show the average Joe-voter that our ideas will truly work to make a better country for everyone.

It's not amnesty. It's a worker program and a strengthening of our borders. If you want amnesty, let Kerry or any of the Democrats win the White House. They have promised instant no questions asked amnesty with full citizenship and voting rights to all 12,000,000 illegals immediately. And I don't think I'll be placing dislike for the proposed FTAA treaty in a higher position than winning the war on terror. There will be many fights over that one in the coming years despite who wins the White House. The important thing now is to concentrate on winning the war and replacing the liberal activists.

Holding the White House and increasing the margins in both houses of congress while keeping the Democrats out will go a long ways in removing corruption and will eventually set the stage for rolling back the liberal excesses. A large part of the problem is the liberal activist judiciary. The activist judges must be replaced as they die off or retire with people of character who will abide by the Constitution. We know exactly what kind of judges the Democrats appoint and I don't know about you, but I don't want them. The only way to get the turnover in the judiciary is for the Republicans to hold the White House and the Senate for several terms in a row. Now is not the time to give it up.

We have the best chance with Bush and the Republicans. The Republicans are already starting to make noises about spending and some of the other proposals. There's no way the Kerry/Clinton/Kennedy/Boxer, et al, are going to improve our chances. Vote them out.

I don't think the Republican party will be liberal-lite. I believe the Bush people have done the calculus to do what it takes to deprive the Democrats the edge on certain issues and hopefully to bring some of the Democrat and swing voters their way, so he can hold the White House. I also believe that each of Bush's plans and proposals have some door or feature that is an opening to privatization, or accountability, or is in some measure better than the Democrat proposal for the respective issue. If we don't get Bush, we will get the Democrat plan. It ain't pretty.

Again, the major issue in the long term is the turnover in the judiciary. I believe we'll never have a shot at regaining our freedoms or our constitutional government until we dump the majority of the activists off the bench. And in the short and mid terms, winning the war on terror has to be the highest priority. I believe we should do whatever it takes to reelect Bush. A Democrat as commander-in-chief at this time would be a total disaster for us, and for the entire world.