We SHOULD have Republicans that are 100% RIGHT!
That way we can at least STAY EVEN at 50%. But when it is a Republican President, we should be GAINING on issues, at 70-80%.
But thats NOT whats happening! We have a 100% WRONG Democratic party, and a 50% WRONG (if not more) Republican Party, which averages out to 75% WRONG, going downhill. Maybe we are not going downhill FAST, but downhill all the same.
I have my hopes Bush does good on the CFR bill. THAT'S THE BIG TEST!
Read your last sentence again. Because the tactic sure seemed to work in California recently much to everyone's surprise.
Remember always....Bush is not the ONLY Republican in town. He may think he is right now but hey, he got a clue with Simon. No reason it can't happen again.
I think the thing to do is start looking around at other pubbies. I know it's an outrageous thing to do; a President with 80+ approval ratings and looking for *another* candidate. But hey, if the 80+ is majorly coming from the OTHER side, then are you being served?
As if *we* have no power, give me a break.
The generic *we* can certainly find another Bill Simon. Who beat Riordan coming from 18 points behind. THIS from the very liberal California state. There's other pubbies beyond Bush. But first you gotta get beyond the shock factor. You gotta think outside the box by thinking *inside* the box. As in.....find another guy! This is how it's done. And if the pressure could be brought to bear, it'd be a major statement about the power of the "little guy"; us minions who carry this country on our back and are for once, darn it, NOT going to be sold down the river. It was bad enough letting Clinton sell us down the river but our own party/idealogy?
So who's the "other guy"?
You have the right attitude however. If a candidate you voted for does not follow your dictates to the letter, vote for a flaming idealogue who would put drug legalization ahead of national security on his/her platform. /sarccasm off/ And for good measure, you'd have a hand in electing a real socialist like Gore or Hillary.
I'm not pleased with everything that has occurred during the year-long George Bush tenure, but he's had a heck of a lot on his plate, and has handled himself well.
We would all love to have our own personal President, but remember, not even half of his appointments have been approved or even considered by the partisan democrats, the same partisans who would be destroying our country if they held the presidency.
Why don't you quit your job that way unemployment will go up and Bush will look bad. (wink, wink, just kidding.)
Take some positive action. Write to the White House, the Senate, State and National Republican Committees. Also write letters to those members of congress who opposed Bush. My Rep a "moderate" voted against Bush. I am going to send him an e-mail thanking him. Give Money to Conservative Groups rather than the Party.
On a personal level, I'm very upset too. Bush has been acting shamefully lately. Steel Tariffs, Amnesty, perhaps signing CFR when he promised to veto it. Rush said that if it wasn't for the war, he'd wash his hands of the Bush administration. But I try to keep everything in perspective. Bush is doing and will do a lot of good before this term is up. And our country is better off with him in the White House, than the alternative.
Let's Roll.
Not all of us.
As for what we will do...well... I am going to have a good meal tonight, watch a little tv, and go to bed. This is a surprise for many people, but not for those who have been thinking that something was drastically wrong in the US. This is nothing new to many of us.
Maybe the thing to do is throw our government to the wolves, and elect Daschle president. Let the democrats make a real mess of things so all the voters see what is happening to our country. They won't like it.
I say this because we conservatives are not getting anyplace voting for the likes of Bush or other RINO. I'm just so disgusted with the whole damn bunch, it's hard to come up any concrete constructive ideas.
Already passed through both houses and he's signed it? Fast that Bush fellow...
Is this a new law? Never been on the books before.... No way Clinton could have signed something along the same lines.... Whats the history of it? Yep jump the tracks for a four month extension... read up
Everyone talks about 245i only as it relates to illegals from the south, it goes far deeper and much more dangerous than that, though that is dangerous enough. Here you have congress pass a bill the Visa Violators Legislation, to catch terrorists, then Bush demands, demands, that 245i be attached to it that, in effect, pulls the teeth of the Visa Violators Legislation.
If the man is this desperate, to sell out not only his party, but the safety of the entire nation, I just don't know what to tell ya to do. If you vote third party you throw away your vote, it's thrown away anyway, through vote fraud that neither party intends to really address in any meaningful manner, and by people like Bush that refuses to really represent us. I suppose I had rather throw it away while it is still mine and means something, while it can still send a message, than wait until it is overrun anyway by invading hordes of democrats. You may have hit on the only viable choice left I guess. Ain't that a shame..
Yep I sure see how voting for someone who can't win so that Dashole and company could take over makes complete sense.