[Sabertooth]

[Sabertooth]

(((ping))))

[Sabertooth]

(((ping))))

[Atlas Sneezed]

If Bush is going to be no better than a Democrat on immigration (and guns, etc.) then I might as well send a message next time, let Hillary run the nation into the ground at a slightly faster rate for four years, and hope that the Republicans get a backbone in 2008.

[Travis McGee]

It bothers me to be taken for a fool, to be told to keep rowing hard while the captain is chopping a hole in the bottom of the boat.

So what's the choice now? The Stupid Party, or the Evil Party?

[Real Cynic No More]

So you think voting against a Republican because you're against what they've done on immigration will solve that problem? Were the dims against these actions?

[Torie]

I might not be voting Republican this November.

You are not voting for Simon for governor? Geez, we have something in common!

Btw, Bush is not on the ballot.

[JamesWilson]

I'm a single issue voter. Cut my taxes!

[browardchad]

Sorry, but you are not a "single issue voter" -- you are a "Party Line" voter. If you voted Republican only because you didn't want Democrats in office, I respectfully suggest that you educate yourself not on what it means to be a Republican, or a Democrat, but on what you believe in -- either way, you will never get a elected official to agree with you on every single issue. That's the cold, hard truth. It's called politics.

[Tall_Texan]

Were you one of those who castigated pro-lifers for voting ONLY about that one issue?

Maybe some folks see the holocaust of a million innocents as a larger priority than who gets in or stays out of our borders. Not saying your issue is irrelevent but, if you don't like the single issues others find important, don't come crying if some consider your issue something not worth getting worked up about.

[yarddog]

I sort of know what you mean. I am not a single issue voter but there are three which are overall much more important.

It used to be Abortion and Gun Control, in that order but now Immigration is a hot button issue for me too.

I voted for Bush and there is a lot to like about him, but am extremely disappointed in his lack of action on the core issues. I sometimes think it is the fanatics who really do get things done.

[Sir Gawain]

I'm a single issue voter: Upholding the Constitution.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Always voting Republican didn't make you a "single-issue voter" in the first place. It made you a straight-party-line lever-puller (or whatever). There is a difference.

A single-issue voter is someone who lets one issue be the litmus test governing whether someone gets his/her vote. Like the solid 1/3 of the country which is so "pro-choice" that they would vote for Charles Manson if he only said he was "pro-choice".

Party loyalists are not so bad, and are to be expected in a healthy democratic system. Single-issue voters, by contrast, do not a healthy electorate make.

No skin off my nose if you decide to stop voting 100% Republican - in fact it's probably a healthy thing - but don't do it because you have decided to become a single-issue voter. Instead, evaluate each race on a case-by-case basis. Would you vote for a Charles Manson just because you liked his immigration policy?

Like I said, single-issue voting is generally not healthy.

[Captain Shady]

I think that Democratic politicians have been running to the Republican party for years to take advantage of growing Republican voting strenght. When the Democratic party is a thing of the past ,the Democratic politicians will still be around and making the rules as new Republicans. Either one or more new parties will arise to the right to challenge the new left-wing GOP.Or maybe America will become a completely one party state.

[Mini-14]

I've got FOUR issues: 1) citizen disarmament, aka "gun control", 2) taxes, 3) the Mexican invasion, 4) abortion.

With a total of FOUR issues, I guess that makes me pretty sophisticated.

[Mark]

I was all for GW until that one faitful day.... he wore a suit with a clashing tie! That did it for my one vote.

Where is Ross Perot when ya need him?

[Dog Gone]

I wonder if conservatives are the only ones who shoot themselves in the foot over "single issues." I can't imagine liberals vowing not to vote for a Democrat if Bill Clinton signed the welfare reform bill.

I can't imagine Democrat voters punishing Democrat candidates for supporting Bush's tax cut.

"I'm so mad about that tax cut, that I'll vote for a Republican next time." Doesn't sound right, does it?

Even the Green Party isn't comprised of disaffected Democrats. It's communists, anti-globalists, and young people who don't understand the real world.

No, I think it's just us who throw the baby out with the bathwater.

[ChadGore]

Vanity !

o/~ you're so vein, you prolly think this post is about you o/~

[Rowdee]

Egads! A Californian making sense....in my old neck of the woods! Good writing. Good questions.

[wasp69]

Sabertooth, I have some wisdom if you are willing to hear it. In 1860, a political party split over one issue. Because of that split, the opposition won and the rest is history. My point being: If we can get the candidate who will do the least amount of damage, then "we the people" can push them to do as we wish. There are many examples of just that. We can do it if we remain united and the uniting force is FR.

[McGavin999]

Is there no issue, position, or policy on which the GOP could lose your vote?

It's that kind of thinking that got us 8 years of Bill Clinton. How'd you like his stance on immigration?