Hold Your Nose And Vote Republican

• October 6, 2006

So here we are. Just a few weeks away from a pivotal mid-term election. An election which could well end over a decade of Republican dominance in Congress as I’m sure I don’t have to remind you.
Are we ready for that? I think it’s clear to most conservatives that the Republicans haven’t exactly earned themselves an extension on their tenure as the majority party, but are we ready for Democrat rule? First, let’s run through what the Republicans have done to earn themselves minority status.
Just in the last couple of years we’ve seen scandals claim the careers of Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and, most recently (and disgustingly), Mark Foley.
We’ve also seen the Republicans abandon their dedication to conservative principles like small government and limited spending. One need look no further than the massive prescription drug entitlement – the largest expansion of entitlement spending in decades – to see that.
And what of campaign finance reform? It was supposed to be a limit on “big money’s” influence on the political process, but what it has turned into is one of the most egregious limitations on free speech ever passed by our government.
There are other less obvious examples of Republicans abandoning core conservative values as well. The No Child Left Behind Act is, in my humble opinion, an unwarranted intrusion by the federal government into state education issues, and the massive education spending increases that went along with it weren’t exactly in keeping with conservative thought on limited spending either. Education in this country needs an overhaul, obviously, but the conservative approach should encourage state-level solutions not one-size-fits-all solutions from the federal level. And throwing money at a problem is what liberals do.

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http://www.fileitunder.com/ Hoodlumman

docdave: I’d like to answer in the spirit of Doug –

GW Bush is smelly poopyhead and so are you.

YMMV
pomedorgrad

In general agreement with your post, although seems like a tempest in a blogbox. (Is that the right metaphor?)

I would avoid the use of the word “libel” though, just because it has a specific legal meaning and the post did not meet that standard. Try “slur,” “insults” or “calumniates.”

Or, “was being really stupid.”
Doug

Have fun staying on board a sinking ship. There is no possible way the Democrats could make things worse.
Doug

You can’t scare me into voting a certain way Rob. And Republicans are going to have to realize that they can’t scare the American public into voting a certain way all the time either. Change is a GOOD thing. This goes beyond party lines. We are dealing with inadequate government at the national level. It really is that simple.
pomerdorgrad

Whoops! Wrong post for comment. Add me to the category of being really stupid.
aNONOMISLY

The No Child Left Behind Act is, in my humble opinion, an unwarranted intrusion by the federal government into state education issues

Isn’t it the NO Pages Left Behind Act, lol!
Doug

Robert,

Thanks for brightening my afternoon. Your last post really is a joke. What are the founding principles of this country exactly? Invading other countries that don’t pose an immediate threat instead of rebuilding a country that desperately needs our help? Running up the deficit? Exploiting religion in a way that wins more votes? Monitoring phone calls? Giving the rest of the world the finger and doing whatever the hell we want?

There’s nothing American about any of that.
robert108

No nose-holding necessary. The Chomsky-style insistence that, since Republicans have made mistakes, they are no good, is simply idiotic. The Dems, at this time in history, do not represent anything that is recognizable as supporting the founding principles of this country. They want to make us into a fusion of Europe and the UN. It’s a no-brainer to vote Republican, unless you want the US to be the EU.
http://www.fileitunder.com/ Hoodlumman

Doug, stop trying to scare me into voting for Democrats. It’s not going to work.
robert108

What are the founding principles of this country exactly?

How well you illustrate my point! I guess you don’t know what the founding principles of this country are, and that proves the truth of what I wrote.
BTW, giving the rest of the world the finger and doing whatever the hell we want is the epitome of what America is all about. We started that before the Revolutionary War, and have continued it ever since. If we hadn’t, the entire world would be speaking German.
http://www.fileitunder.com/ Hoodlumman

Hold Your Nose And Vote Republican

I plan to do just that. Of course, my Representative(s) in Congress haven’t really done anything to warrant me not voting for them.
Doug

At least most of the Republicans believe that we are involved in a serious conflict with our form of civilization on the line, something that has evaded most of the left.

Really?

You guys have your backs against the wall and are obviously thinking irrationally. We had an opportunity to make Afghanistan an example of what our country can do. The GOP f—ed that up. Now we’re sucked into a quagmire that is threatening America’s credibility. Having traveled abroad extensively in the past three years, I have very serious concerns about our reputation abroad. Bush’s cowboy politics only make matters worse.
http://anangrydakotademocrat.blogspot.com/ Brent

Speaking of the 700 mile border fence, read a Washington Post story by Spencer Hsu on Oct. 6th and see why this congress needs to be forgotten as soon as possible. Now, the money can be spread out and not used on all 700 miles of fence. Also now Native American tribes, members of congress, governors and local officials would get a say in the exact placement of any structure. I agree with fencing all the border and this is what happens to a bill that gets passed getting some of that fence approved? Will someone, anyone, make securing our borders teh top priority?
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Whoops! Wrong post for comment. Add me to the category of being really stupid.

Ok you’re a liberal for the rest of the night. Well you asked for it.
robert108

Doug: First of all, you don’t answer what TW said, which is that the Dems don’t take terrorism seriously; instead, you attempt to distract by cherry picking bad things by the Republicans. This is known as a non-substantive response. Here are some direct answers to your cherry picking:

You guys have your backs against the wall and are obviously thinking irrationally.Actually a description of the situation the Dems find themselves in right now. You lose this election, you are out of it for the next ten or twenty years. We had an opportunity to make Afghanistan an example of what our country can do. And we have; Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, but they are making progress. No more public executions of girls in soccer stadiums, you will notice. The GOP f—ed that up. Any proof of this, or just a foul mouth? Now we’re sucked into a quagmire that is threatening America’s credibility. Your imagery is about thiry five years behind the times, and it wasn’t accurate then. Having traveled abroad extensively in the past three years, I have very serious concerns about our reputation abroad. Who cares what a bunch of ignorant socialist slaves think about us? They are jealous of our success, and they should be. Bush’s cowboy politics only make matters worse.

And Clinton’s cowardice toward terrorists made things better? You can’t be serious. He enabled OBL and Al Qaeda to be what they are today. Carter started it by being a buttboy for the Ayatollah Khomeini. You are either very forgetful or profoundly ignorant. President Bush is cleaning up almost thirty years of Dem messes.
Will

Let’s take a look at “the most important issue facing this country today.” After three and a half years, we’re spending nearly $2 billion a week in Iraq, a steady stream of young Americans are coming home in body bags or with arms and legs blown off, and what do we have to show for it?

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday offered a stark assessment of the situation in Iraq after a trip there this week, saying that parts of the country have taken “steps backwards” and that the United States is at risk of losing the campaign to control an increasingly violent Baghdad.

The NIE says:

The Iraq conflict has become the “cause celebre” for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.

Do you honestly think Bush is ever going to lead us to some kind of victory in Iraq or that his botched war has made the world safer?
robert108

Rob: If you want some positive and substantial reasons to vote Republican, check out my Reader Blog entry entitled “The Real Reason to Vote Republican”. No nose-holding required; just some very relevant facts.
gregdn

Doc:
I’ve got Buck McKeon(R) who’s a shoo in and Feinstein(D) who’s also a shoo in.
http://reversevampyr.blogspot.com/ reverse_vampyr

I’d sooner vote for Michael Jackson as chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus than vote for ANY Democrat in the upcoming elections. They’re not only morally bankrupt as a party, they’re devoid of any ideas for defending our nation. Every program and ideal they stand for moves our nation closer to socialism and dhimmitude.

Republicans are definitely a flawed choice. But they’re way better than the alternative.
gregdn

I’d feel better if I thought the Repubs have learned anything from the past few years, but it doesn’t look like it.
They are indeed lucky the Dems are so out of it or they would have their lunch eaten.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

Do you honestly think Bush is ever going to lead us to some kind of victory in Iraq or that his botched war has made the world safer?

Substitute FDR in place of Bush and Germany and Japan in place of Iraq.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

There is no possible way the Democrats could make things worse.

They could hand the terrorists a victory by pulling out of Iraq and then paralyze this country’s ability to wage the war on terror by tying up Congress and the President with silly, revenge-based impeachment hearings.

They could stop the NSA intelligence gathering that has , in part, kept us safe from terror attacks over the last several years.

They could roll back the Bush tax cuts and refuse to do anything on Social Security to that the weight of that entitlement crushes us taxpayers underfoot.

No, Doug, things could get a lot worse than they are now.

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