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Worried GOP bids to shore up conservative support for Nov.
St. Petersburg Times, FL ^ | Sept. 10, 2006 | WES ALLISON

Posted on 09/10/2006 10:38:41 PM PDT by FairOpinion

Leaders fear those disillusioned with the Republican-led Congress could stay home on Election Day, giving victory to the Democrats.

For all those glum conservatives out there, Terry Jeffries has a message: Yes, the Republican-led Congress has failed to plug the leaks in the nation’s borders. Yes, federal spending is out of control, despite pledges by Republican leaders to temper it. And, yes, Congress has failed to pass key social measures once thought all but assured, considering Congress and the White House are in Republican hands.

But Jeffries, the editor of Human Events, a respected conservative newsweekly, also wants readers to realize those frustrations will seem piddling if Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the strident Democratic leader from California, becomes speaker of the House after November’s elections.

Concerned that disillusionment among conservatives may keep them home on Election Day, conservative groups and opinion leaders have embarked on a two-pronged strategy, on one hand urging Republican congressional leaders to assuage their conservative base in the few weeks left, and on the other imploring the base not to abandon deserving Republican candidates at their time of need.

Through articles, opinion columns and talk radio, as well as Internet blogs, they are warning conservative voters that unless they flock to the polls in November, the Republicans may lose control of the U.S. House, and that the margin in the Senate could get dangerously close.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006election; bohica; conggresselection; congress; conservatives; election2006; elections; fearpolitics; rino; voteordie
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Conservatives need to listen.
1 posted on 09/10/2006 10:38:42 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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"“I do hope that people out there who are genuine conservatives think about the consequences,’’ Jeffries said. “It’s one thing to decide you’re not happy with the Republicans, but it’s another thing to let the Democrats take power.’’
2 posted on 09/10/2006 10:39:45 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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Well, then they should have done what they said they would do.

They've taken conservatives for granted and they've soured the base.

Why be enthused about supporting idiots? At least next time around the true conservative will be the only differing choice between a liberal, a RINO, & a principled conservative.

Screw RINOs. They aren't better than liberals.

They are liberals, having infiltrated our party.
3 posted on 09/10/2006 10:45:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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Democratic Win in November Would Move House Committees to Far Left

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14223


4 posted on 09/10/2006 10:46:45 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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Do you want the Dems to take power?


5 posted on 09/10/2006 10:47:18 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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They've had the power all along in the Senate!

What Republican would sit on a fence, 'leading' the Republicans (Frist), and fear a nonexistent filibuster threat on judicial nominees?

All non-conservative Republicans, by definition, are liberals.

What about all that don't you understand? The label of "Republican" doesn't mean that's what you get inside.
6 posted on 09/10/2006 10:51:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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But you can be sure that the label Democrat will get you a leftist, socialist liberal.

Message to Death Wish Republicans: You Can't Win By Losing

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698407/posts



Is Suicide the Conservative Alternative?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1694947/posts


7 posted on 09/10/2006 10:53:23 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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Do you want the Dems to take power?

never again. This Democratic Party of Howard Dean/MoveOn and Hillary are absolutely bankrupt.

8 posted on 09/10/2006 10:53:42 PM PDT by DuxFan4ever (The next rational liberal I meet will be the first.)
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Democrats have big plans if they take over in Congress

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694596/posts


Democrats will press to get out of Iraq. They'll mount investigations into the Bush administration's record that could rival those of Presidents Nixon in Watergate and Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair. They'll push a boatload of social-welfare legislation, such as raising the minimum wage, that reflects their pent-up priorities, while blocking the Republican agenda on social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religion.

Those are some of the top plans that Democrats would pursue if they won power, according to interviews with Democratic lawmakers, strategists, staff aides and lobbyists. The tone and temper of the Democrats were reflected well by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, in a conference call in late August. He'll become the panel's chairman if Democrats take the House.


9 posted on 09/10/2006 10:55:01 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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The Dems are already in power. They are the ones who set the agenda, and the RINOs just react.

We want true conservative Republicans back in power, not Chaffee-Specter-Snow-Collins-Hagel liberals.


10 posted on 09/10/2006 10:55:38 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: FairOpinion
http://gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=6547


11 posted on 09/10/2006 10:55:42 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: DuxFan4ever

" This Democratic Party of Howard Dean/MoveOn and Hillary are absolutely bankrupt."

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And are dangerous to us. This is not an exaggeration.


12 posted on 09/10/2006 10:55:48 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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VERY IMPORTANT: If the Republicans lose the Senate, then the Dems will have control of the judiciary committee, and won't allow President Bush's judicial nominees to go to the floor for an up or down vote.

Republicans must vote in November, and don't forget to vote in the primaries for conservatives.


13 posted on 09/10/2006 10:56:17 PM PDT by Sun (Hillary had a D-/F rating on immigration; now she wants to build a wall????)
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To: FairOpinion
Yes, the Republican-led Congress has failed to plug the leaks in the nation’s borders. Yes, federal spending is out of control, despite pledges by Republican leaders to temper it. And, yes, Congress has failed to pass key social measures once thought all but assured, considering Congress and the White House are in Republican hands.

And yes, I should support these clowns because, after all, having the Democrats in control would be much worse.

14 posted on 09/10/2006 10:56:39 PM PDT by Penner
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To: oldbill

"We want true conservative Republicans back in power"



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And how will that happen by letting leftist, socialist Dems take power instead?


15 posted on 09/10/2006 10:56:51 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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Bush will have veto power and finally need to get off the damn fence and be a true conservative, binding with the remaining Republicans (conservatives) to stop the threats.

And I see gridlock better than the greased idiocy we now have.


16 posted on 09/10/2006 11:00:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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Anyone who prefers Speaker Pelosi to Republican control in Congress is NO CONSERVATIVE. PERIOD. There is no excuse to allow the Dems to take over.


17 posted on 09/10/2006 11:05:48 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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They can push whatever they want, but it won't get through a veto.


18 posted on 09/10/2006 11:16:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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If it acts likes a troll, rants like a troll, must be a troll.


19 posted on 09/10/2006 11:17:58 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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20 posted on 09/10/2006 11:23:59 PM PDT by blondee123 (Communism is becomming our way of life! Thanks Bubba et al!)
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