Posted on 10/14/2004 4:34:25 PM PDT by hobson
You look at guys like Glenn Reynolds on Instapundit or Stephen Green, aka VodkaPundit, and they're laid-back libertarian-ish guys who want to see terrorists blown into tiny chunks and to be left alone on social issues. A smart Democratic candidate could win a whole bunch of votes from these types of folks.
Well, it's not just John Kerry that has lost Green, but the whole Democratic party. The straw that broke the camel's back? The "pre-emptive" complaints of voter intimidation.
If Drudge has it right, then the Kerry-Edwards campaign is going to do its damnedest to turn our fine nation into a banana republic...
I could mention the Lautenberg Trick in New Jersey. Or Gore's ballot shenanigans in Florida. Or the voter-registration fraud currently going on in Colorado, Nevada, and elsewhere. Or the Democrats' successful call to bring election observers into this country. Bring them in from where, Venezuela? Hey, no big deal sullying the reputation of the world's oldest continuously-functioning democracy, just so long as we can make the Republicans look bad, right?
The rules don't matter. The reputation of the country doesn't matter. The political health of the nation doesn't matter. Power matters.
I don't mean to say that Republicans haven't used dirty tricks, or won't in the future. But I have yet to see them pull anything as crass as replacing a losing candidate with a more-popular one just weeks before election day, and in violation of state law. I have yet to see Republicans calling on the world's most corrupt international organization, run largely by apparatchiks from the world's most brutal dictatorships, to pass judgment on how we run our elections. I have yet to see the Republicans encouraging their own to commit fraud by shouting "Fraud!" where none yet exists, putting at risk everything we've built here in the last 228 years.
Because, in the end, that's what the national Democrats are doing: They're trying, however inadvertently, to destroy the Republic in order to rule it...
Now, I know this is an angry essay. However, I don't mean to imply that all Democrats are evil and all Republicans are sweetness and light. Far from it. But for the first time in 16 years, I'm going to vote Republican straight down the line. If I have to punish a couple of local Democrats I'm fond of, then so be it, but I have to try to get a point across: The national Democratic Party is bad for this country.
I don't say that because of their policies, which I probably agree with more than I do the Republicans. But because their tactics would cause more harm to this country than the Federal Marriage Amendment, the Republican budget deficit, and Congress's corporate tax giveaways, combined.
I'm just one guy; I don't expect my vote to mean much. But the Democrats are willing to treat – in advance - my vote, and all it represents, with feigned contempt. So I can't, in return, treat the Democrats with anything less than genuine contempt.
My friends, the sharp-witted (if often inebriated) Stephen Green is not a typical voter. But he is not alone, either. This kind of nonsense is going to cost Kerry and the Democrats a whole lot of fed-up-with-the-horsepucky independents.
As far as I can tell, and I don't say this lightly, the democratic techniques this year smack of an attempt at a leftwing revolution, and I am outraged that they would try to subvert our institutions this way.
They're trying, however inadvertently, to destroy the Republic in order to rule it...
The truth is that the democrats prefer to destroy the republic so that they can institute the socialist state
they have been dreaming about all these years.
9-11 made them realize just what an opportunity they missed
to have a war as cover for their social engineering, I guess
the example of Johnson and his Great Society scam was lost
on the Clintons. (One does not often thank god for Bill Clintons bumbling and philandering but in this case...")
The patriot act has not been used against American citizens
YET, but under a Kerry/Clinton administration the first enemies to be delt with would be those on the right,
those that would threaten their iron grip on that power.
It's time to drive that stake into the undead heart of the
demonrat party.
What vodka? I'm stuck on Stoli..
I voted Republican for several elections before changing my party affiliation. I wonder how my colleagues, most of them higher IQ and education can't see the above. But I'm comfortable as a loyal Republican to vote the party ticket. America is worth saving from the democrats.
"smack of an attempt at a leftwing revolution"
yes
whatever they get away with will only encourage them in the future to go even further on that dark path
You had a David Horowitz kind of change. The Air Force changed me. Remember all those demonstrations in NY in 1970+? Those weren't really demonstrations. 75% of the people there were stoned, drunk, or tripping on acid. I cut high school to go there and watch that zoo with my "buddies".
"Stoli.."
my choice, also;
[Absolut etc. seem more about marketing]
They certainly are, but one question this guy needs to ask himself is why? He thinks that he agrees with their policies more than he does Republicans, but I wonder if he really knows just exactly what Kerry and company really believe in?
ping
I left the democratic party in 1995 shortly after the OKC bombing. I voted for Clinton in 1992, and I starting having second thoughts almost immediately; but I lost all respect for him when I realized he was using the bombing to promote his political agenda. I have been drifting more and more to the right over the years, and now I am a proud right-wing extremist.
But have you tried Precis or Grey Goose very good from the freezer. Cheers.
My wife used to drink Absolut.. then I turned her on to Stoli.. she won't go back...
Salut!
"Grey Goose very good from the freezer"
and it has a nice bottle too! as does Belvedere!
Precis I don't remember trying; I do experiment now and then; Stoli is the standby
and right on about cold from the freezer!
"Salut!"
likewise! ;)
(would have said "Prost", but that brings to mind beer and schnaps . . . )
"he was using the bombing to promote his political agenda"
I'm glad someone who was not Republican/conservative/talk-radio-listener noticed that! It was brazen.
However, this year, that "brazen" would have to be compared to little ladies sipping tea in tea dresses in a tea room.
It seems like a tail-spin in terms of what discourse and actions the left is willing to engage in . . . leaves one breathless . . .
Reading your post made me realize how lucky I was raised, I was pushing for Nixon in 4th grade...
Freezer is where we keep it too. And we do use olives 95 percent of the time.. I just go for the onions for the change....
But I will pick up a bottle of Grey Goose on your recommendation... variety is the spice...
I do think the vodka 'market' is inudated with hype.
Good catch.
Thanks for the ping.
I seriously doubt that most democrats
are as smart as this fellow. I think
they're just fine with the dirty tricks.
I HOPE I AM WRONG!
Precis is a must try, one of my bartender friends turned me on to it. If you think the Grey Goose bottle is nice you might want to take a look at this:
http://www.precisvodka.com/
It comes in an art glass bottle. It is remarkable and worth every penny.
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