Posted on 05/08/2006 7:04:26 PM PDT by mwfsu84
If I had told you on 9/11/2001 that we'd go four and half years and counting without another terrorist attack on US soil, would you have believed me?
If I had told you that US-led forces would secure Afghanistan in just a few months...something the Soviets couldn't accomplish in ten years...would you have thought I was crazy?
If I had told you that Saddam was gone, that Khadaffy had renounced terrorism, and that Iraq was on the verge of becoming the second democracy in the Middle East, would have thought I was on medication?
Sometimes in our disappointment of this administration, we often forget some of the positives. The economy is strong. More Americans are homeowners. With tax cuts, we're spending less time working for Uncle Sam.
And if you take those benefits for granted, just imagine how much different things would be under a President Al Gore.
So if the president's stance on immigration and spending upset you - and they do upset me - what are you going to do about it? Stay at home? Nothing could be worse for conservativism. Your non-support will usher in more immigrants, higher taxes, and weaker national security.
If the GOP loses Congress, George W. Bush will be removed from office. Nothing would embolden terrorists more. How can we be counted on to wage an effective war when we can't even decide who our enemy is?
George W. Bush isn't the enemy. But that's exactly the message conservatives will send to the world if they stay at home this November.
If you're upset with W. on immigration - write him, write a Republican Congressman, let him know how you feel. It was conservatives who got Bush to change his mind on Harriet Meirs.
I promise you, a Democratic Congress won't be nearly as responsive to your needs.
Oh geez so does that mean there are not many blacks in SC because there aren't as many here. God I gotta go to sleep on that one, your world is small indeed.
Fantastic post.
So you want the rats back in power so they can destroy the country? So we can have another 9/11 and stop fighting the WOT? Let me know how that works out for you.
And the libertarians and Greenies will go an ever farther stretch into the ditch to make a deal with the Devil in order to have even a ghost's chance of getting elected.
You wanna vote 3rd party -- go there. Put your house up for a 2nd mortgage -- support your candidate.
Your economy thanks you.
The republican party has been following his lead!
I'm not going to stay home. I'm going to vote for the Constitution Party. At least they believe in Conservatism and preserving the Constitution.
Exactly. At this point, these goobers are out for as much as they can get.
The deportations thing is a non-starter. Even Tancredo has said there's no way to deport millions of people.
This is a hair-on-fire issue. They were so busy ranting and raving over Cinco de Mayo, they missed the fact that the UAE took over nine plants in the US last week as their purchase of Doncasters was approved by CFIUS after a 30 day review and Bush signed the approval.
The UAE can't shuffle paper at port terminals, but the screamers were so distracted they failed to notice that the UAE now controls plants that manufacture critical parts for the M-1 tank, among other pieces of military equipment.
In your dreams. If the GOP acted to secure the border, they'd not only pick up the "disgruntled faction", but would take a lot of swing votes away from the Democrats also.
What the hell does that have to do with anything? You're being unreasonable. If immigration is the ONLY thing important to you then I think you're the one who has a small world.
Electing democrats or helping to elect democrats is unthinkable and there is not one person who can rightly claim he or she is a conservative that would opt to let Marxist democrats regain power.
We vote for the most conservative of candidates in the primaries but back the GOP nominee in all general elections.
No, it doesn't cost all that much to vote. A lot of people will be doing it.
I don't care whether there are more Rpublicans in COngress or fewer. What we need is more conservatives. Too many Repulbicans these days are RINOs. We need fewer of those.
Great post! And i'm gonna go out on a limb and say i'm probably in the minority.
Welcome back, brother!
How does making someone EARN my vote equate to electing Democrats? If the Republicans have not earned my vote, then the Dems may win by default...but I don't owe my vote to the Republicans. They have no claim to it. They must earn it. If they fail to meet my standards, they don't get my vote. Period. No amount of "BUT THE DEM WOULD BE SO MUCH WORSE" based fear-mongering will change my position.
So that's the reason for "the list." To keep his name on it?
Look here, Hunble, BECAUSE of Clinton, we had 9/11!
Your thinking has gone off my radar screen.
They oppose the War on Terror.
They will get you and your children killed.
Well then the next forty years of Democrat control won't bother you. Congratulations. It'll scare the hell out of me.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.