[GunsareOK]

I'm one of the "hard-line conservatives" who won't be voting for Bush.

[Texas_Dawg]

I'm one of the "hard-line conservatives" who won't be voting for Bush.

You're also not a conservative whatsoever.

[Little Ray]

I am not voting for Bush. I'm voting against Dean and his fellow dwarves, against Nader, against McKinney, against...

Get it?

[Texas_Dawg]

It's not clear how deep the dissatisfaction goes,

Not very.

and whether it will translate to damage at the polls in November.

It won't.

GWB will win in a landslide and crush the Dean-supporting FRinge FReaks.

[dead]

"I'm beginning, for the first time, [to hear] people talk about 'it would not be the worst thing in the world if Howard Dean were president,' because the size of government would stay still rather than increase 50 percent under a second Bush administration."

Bush’s spending decisions have absolutely sucked ass, but this is just retard talk.

[Always Right]

"I'm beginning, for the first time, [to hear] people talk about 'it would not be the worst thing in the world if Howard Dean were president,'

LOL....yeah, no conservative would ever say that.

[JustAnAmerican]

I am not a hard core conservative, I consider myself a mainstream Conservative and I will not be voting for Bush in the Presidential election, especially with his coming endorsement of amnesty for illegals. Between that and his CFR idiocy he lost my vote.

I will however never vote for Dean or any of the other Anti-American/Pro-Muslim crowd. That leaves not voting in the Pres. election or voting Constitution Party, since I value my vote, I will be voting for the Constitutional party in the Pres. election and true conservatives in all others.

[antaresequity]

I am pissed off too....but Guns are my issue.

I will vote for him if he lets the assault weapons ban fall. If he doesn't...I will sit it out.

[VU4G10]

I'm one of the "hard-line conservatives" who won't be voting for Bush.

Me too.

[SunStar]

I'm one of the "hard-line conservatives" who won't be voting for Bush.

Is it because of his fiscal policies, or his policies that help Israel?

[tbpiper]

Ok, your name goes in the "Damn Fool" category. Who, oh wise one are you going to vote for?

[fourhorsemen]

So what will your endorsement for Howard Dean accomplish?

[NeoCaveman]

Governing always does this. The true believers always get mad when their party is in charge, as it has to pander to the middle to get re-elected.

I'm disappointed in CFR, Medicare (although there are some good things in there) and nonmilitary spending increases, but I'm voting for GWB again due mostly to tax cuts, war and terrorsim concerns, ditching Kyoto and the ICC.

[VU4G10]

and don't forget Bush's no blanket amnesty for illegals.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1048835/posts

[JohnnyZ]

I'm beginning, for the first time, [to hear] people talk about 'it would not be the worst thing in the world if Howard Dean were president,' because the size of government would stay still rather than increase 50 percent under a second Bush administration."

More proof, if any was needed, that conservatives have our share of total morons.

Grassroots conservatives I know are incredibly enthusiastic about Bush.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"President Bush is beginning to anger certain hard-line conservatives"

An outright deception and misstatement meant to marginalize every Repu who disagrees.

No surprise from the loafer-licking WT. The bias in their recent editions is overwhelming.

[Muleteam1]

>>I'm one of the "hard-line conservatives" who won't be voting for Bush.<<

I just listened to a radio program where the caller was a supposed hard-line conservative but is "angry" at George Bush. This sounds like a DNC plan, albeit very transparent, to attract illiterate conservatives. Well, this is one true hard-line conservative who does not buy it and does not intend to roll-over for the socialist Howard Dean.

Muleteam1

[Mr. Bird]

It's a simple calculation for me. The winner of the '04 election will come from either the Dem or GOP party. While I have been frustrated with several of Bush's actions as president, I have absolutely no intention of acting (or failing to act) in such a way to help the Democrat.

I loved Keyes in '00. I voted for Bush.

[edsheppa]

Mr. Viguerie was widely quoted [in 1983], too, criticizing the incumbent's "leftward drift" on spending and the growth of government.

And we all know how poorly Reagan did in 84.

These holier-than-thou one-note doomsters make me laugh.

[Biblebelter]

If one is going to vote for Bush or not, they first must consider what the second Bush term might bring. Obviously, Bush is not going to move on amnesty for illegal immigrants before the 2004 election. But my guess is that if reelected Bush will push for legislation that will open the door even wider to immigration. And if the congress stays Republican, they will give Bush what he wants. If a Democrat is elected and the congress stays Republican, there is a slightly better chance that the Republicans would oppose such legislation on political grounds. For a conservative sometimes divided government is better than one party holding all the power. The founding fathers designed our government with three branches so that there could be checks and balances. The checks and balances for the voter sometimes is insuring another set of checks and balances by dividing the executive and legislative between two parties. Legislative gridlock might have been preferrable to the legislative efforts of the Hastert House, the Frist Senate, and the Bush White House which have not been impressive. As a conservative I would like to see secure borders, less Federal money spent on education, restrained spending on pork barrel projects, all of which have not been present in the last four years. That said, if I vote for President, I would vote for Bush. But sometimes you go to the polls to exercise your voting rights, and you come to an office that you just cannot pull the lever on.

[CaptRon]

"I'm hearing a lot of anger," says Richard Viguerie, the guru of conservative political direct mail. "I'm beginning, for the first time, [to hear] people talk about 'it would not be the worst thing in the world if Howard Dean were president,'

I, for one, cannot imagine this passing the lips of a conservative. Not voting for W, yes; this, no.