Betraying the Will of the People

WND.com ^ | 02-05-04 | Farah, Joseph

[Theodore R.]

Betraying the will of the people

Posted: February 5, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger have done more to demoralize American voters than any two politicians in my lifetime.

Both were elected with the promise of bringing real change to their respective offices – the presidency and the governorship of California.

Their candidacies generated great excitement.

Their elections brought great hope.

But their actions suggest all they did was fool enough of the people to get their votes. And the people are catching on.

George W. Bush promised to rein in spending. Instead, he signed on to the biggest increase in domestic spending in the history of the country, creating new entitlement programs and burdening future generations with the debt.

Bush promised to increase national security. Instead, he proposed a "guest worker program" that not only winks at illegal immigration while the nation is threatened by terrorism and increasing crime, it encourages it with promises of "amnesty" from deportation and prosecution.

Schwarzenegger, meanwhile, won his recall election campaign largely because of one issue – his opposition to granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens. His first act as governor last fall was to repeal SB 60, signed by then-Gov. Gray Davis, which would have opened the road for the estimated 2 million illegal immigrants of driving age.

But now he is negotiating with a Democratic state lawmaker to draft a bill that would do essentially the same thing.

He said he is "absolutely positive we'll come up with a great bill" to replace SB 60, opposed by 70 percent of California voters, according to exit polling during the October recall election.

Schwarzenegger said his office has been working closely to craft a successor to SB 60 with state Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, a former member of MeCha, the radical Latino student movement demanding annexation of all southwestern states.

Meet the new boss – same as the old boss.

If two politicians of the same party set out deliberately to disenfranchise their supporters, no pair could have done a better job.

In the process, they are leaving behind millions of disillusioned citizens. In the long run, this may prove to be a healthy thing for the nation, as Americans have become conditioned to expecting politicians to fix their problems. In the short term, however, it is going to mean some surprises at the polls.

Many people have been turned off to politics because of these two monumental betrayals. They are asking what can be done. They want to know where they go next. They want to know whom they can trust.

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election. He deserves to lose. I say that fully acknowledging that John Kerry is not worthy of occupying the Oval Office.

I believe Schwarzenegger could never be elected again to statewide office in California because of his duplicity.

But none of that will serve as comfort to their betrayed supporters.

They're angry. They're right to be angry. And they won't get fooled again.

How do we get ourselves as a people out of this electoral trap that offers us a choice that is no choice at all?

It's time for some tough medicine. It's time to stop pretending that it works to support the "lesser of two evils." It's time to stop pretending that we can expect constitutional, limited government by electing people to office who have no respect for constitutional limited government. It's time to stop pretending that not voting in a race with only bad choices is a waste of a vote. It's a waste of a vote to give your support to a candidate who will betray his oath of office.

[Theodore R.]

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election.

And if this happens, who shall we "blame"?

[prion]

done more to demoralize American voters than any two politicians in my lifetime.

Yeesh! Spend too much and too lenient on illegals, yup. But...this? Somebody done hit Farah a cracking blow with the Hyperbole Stick.

[Missouri]

Ping.

[StonyBurk]

If I choose to rebel against the crabs in the bucket--and
vote for the man I think has made a stand ,and upheld the
Constitution,and Rule of Law--and those blind subjects of
Political Party loyalty those bound by the two Party
system,those who will not vote their conscious --but hold
hold their nose and vote for whatever crumbs they are tossed.If they continue to support what is corrupted,or
contrary to sound principle--I have no control over any
but myself. If Bush loses because less than enough see
justification for voting for Bush --I blame him.

[free thinker 03]

You blame Bush and his advisors. No politician should ever alienated his core supporters. BTW those Arnie was a rino before the election and he is morphing more and more to the dim side!

[Coop]

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election.

Then again, you believe virtually every Republican outside Idaho and Utah will lose their elections.

[chatham]

If Bush loses there will be no one to blzame but himself.
SPENDING, IMMIGRATION REFORM, PROTECTION OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER, DISSOLUTION OF SOVERIGNTY, NEA GRANT, KOW-TOWING TO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, LACK OF OVERHAUL OF EDUCATION, ETC.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election.

It sounds as if this is what you would like to happen.

Maybe you missed the message that Freepers who want to use the site to, in essence, help facilitate the election of a Democrat may find themselves not welcome here.

[meenie]

The principle of direct voting assures that they will get the candidate they deserve. It is a shame they don't deserve more.

[Theodore R.]

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election.
It sounds as if this is what you would like to happen.

The first line was taken from the Farah column. The second line is yours. All I said was if Bush loses, who then shall we "blame"?

I have voted for Bushes in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000. And you think I would not vote Bush for an eighth time?

[Theodore R.]

The line that you commented on was not mine. It was lifted from the Farah column. I do not YET believe that Bush will lose reelection, but I am growing more weary of that possibility. People tend to flock to the latest "frontrunner," and it isn't poor Howard Dean as many thought just a month ago.

[tbpiper]

And if this happens, who shall we "blame"?

You for starters, but it's not going to happen despite whiney nincompoops like Farah.

[Theodore R.]

And if this happens, who shall we "blame"?
You for starters,

I just noted that I had voted for Bushes on seven occasions. If seven times isn't enough, maybe one more try!

[Sam Cree]

You're welcome here, after all, debate among conservatives is what FR is all about.

But I expect GW to win convincingly, in spite of his big spending ways. I think most Americans see terror as the top issue and have faith in GW to fight it.

[Coop]

People tend to flock to the latest "frontrunner,"

So then I presume they'll flock to Dubya when he starts campaigning. :-)

[RebelBanker]

Jim Robinson had a strongly worded column on this subject:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1067935/posts

[sinkspur]

I believe Bush is going to lose his bid for re-election.

Of course you do, Teddy. In fact, you are PRAYING that he loses. The dreck you post daily reflects your desire to undermine Bush.

Joseph Farah is becoming the Chuck Baldwin of WND. He's railing against Arnold, who has been governor all of two and one-half months!

Farah has lost all credibility with thinking voters.

[Cicero]

In politics, the perfect is the enemy of the good. Farah lives in some kind of Utopian dream world. In the real world we just muddle along with better or worse politicians, and GWB is certainly one of the better ones.

Also, politics is the art of the possible. You can't get everything you want, so you have to give in on some issues in order to win on the most important ones. For the most part, Bush understands this very well.

Unfortunately, I agree that on occasion recently he has given in when he didn't have to, and indeed he has weakened himself by doing so. That applies to the immigration issue, and to two relatively minor spending issues which were, nevertheless, politically stupid. I refer to the proposed increases in NEA funding and international AIDS relief.

Otherwise, Bush has done very well, and has stuck to his guns on three basic issues: the war, the defense of life, and judicial appointments. He has also given us some nice tax cuts to match those foolish spending decisions.

[Theodore R.]

Of course you do, Teddy. In fact, you are PRAYING that he loses.

Well, to repeat, I have voted for Bushes seven times. I am like the old French soldier when asked if he would support Napoleon III, and he said something like this: "Of course, I whose nose was frozen in Moscow will always be for Napoleon."

So maybe this eighth vote for Bush will be the charm!