Take notes Polipundit
Lately, my distinguished colleague, FIAR, has been voicing his displeasure with the GOP. While I agree with some of his points, I feel his overall theme is somewhat misguided. Yes, I’m pissed the National Gaurd isn’t on the border to shoot every illegal invader trying to cross the border. Yes, I’m pissed that the Administration is spending like a drunk trophy wife with her husband’s credit card. But I am not willing to give the axe to all republicans for the sake of sending a message.
I believe that some republicans have strayed from the conservative path, but that doesn’t mean we should vote all republicans out for the sake of sending a message. The stated principles of the Republican Party are still small government, personal responsibility, low taxes, and strong national defense. We have to press the GOP back into this conservative mold.
The ‘06 elections are coming up. We have to elect a whole new president in ‘08. In all races the most conservative candidate needs to win, but to vote out a RINO and replace them with someone more liberal than them is insane. If you vote in more liberals, all you get is more liberalism. It can’t get more liberal, you say?
Oh contraire, mon frere. Do we have socialized healthcare? Do we have higher taxes? Have we conceded the war on terror? Is that what you want? Then why vote for people who want to give you those things for the sake of sending a message? Even if there is no difference in the ideology of the Democrat candidate and the Republican candidate, then it is still important to have someone with that little R after their name. Would you like to see Mrs. Speaker, Pelosi? That’s what you’ll get if the Republicans can’t hold the majority.
The Democrats are the culture of failure. They breed failure, they institutionalize failure, and they reward failure. Do you support failure? If you vote for a Democrat, that’s exactly what you are supporting. I say again, Speaker Of The House Pelosi!
Hey, if you want higher taxes, socialized healthcare, and to concede the war on terror, then by all means, vote Democrat.
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20 responses so far ↓
1 The Cranky Insomniac // May 21, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Not your father’s Republican Party…
Update: Fmragtops says:
The stated principles of the Republican Party are still small government, personal responsibility, low taxes, and strong national defense.
Cranky says:…
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FIAR
// May 21, 2006 at 9:18 pm
A. I would NEVER vote for a Democrat, and don’t tell me Third party is the same thing or a throwaway vote.
B. I would not vote against a candidate just for having an R next to his name any more than I would vote for a candidate because he has an R next to his name.
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LittleOrangeFox
// May 21, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Fmragy-poo you are me vote for president ANYDAY. I made a simliar statement to this at my place but I was waaaaay more bitchy
SO it probably came off as hostile hehe
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LittleOrangeFox
// May 21, 2006 at 10:56 pm
my* not me
hehe sorry
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fmragtops
// May 22, 2006 at 7:50 am
a.)Alrighty then, tell me what you are saying because I ain’t getting it.
b.) Okay, I won’t tell you a third party is throwing away your vote, but what I will tell you is: SPEAKER PELOSI!!!!!
I’m sorry, but that is more frightening than the boogeyman.
My suggestion is to take back the Republican Party. I don’t think my plan of catching two republicans out drinking, beat their asses, kill one of them, and send the other back to the RNC with our message, would go over real well. That’s why I’m doing this blog thing, it’s not nearly as illegal.
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von
// May 22, 2006 at 8:15 am
Have we conceded the war on terror?
We may as well. We certainly don’t have anyone showing any damn backbone. What we do have are a bunch of pansies worrying about offending people. Worrying about whether or not we’re treating our “WAR PRISONERS” with enough respect. A bunch of limp wristed panty-wastes that are bending to pressure from a bunch of anti-American hippies. We have a Republican President who used to have an ego the size of Texas, but has lost it somewhere along the way.
I say that I don’t care if it’s a Democrat, Republican, Third Party, or my neighbor from down the street. I’m going to vote for the first person that stands up and says, “I’m going to lead this country! I’m not going to take shit from any of you hippy bastards, and all you anti-American idiots can kiss my ass!”
You say that or something like it, and you’ve got my vote. Plain and simple. If they ain’t got any balls, I’m staying home.
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FIAR
// May 22, 2006 at 9:16 am
Here, here! Von.
FM, I’m just not frightened by the whole “Speaker Pelosi” thing. I don’t think there can be much difference. I’m not convinced.
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jt
// May 22, 2006 at 9:28 am
Damn Von! I’m pulling out the bars n’ stars and voting for you…
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fmragtops
// May 22, 2006 at 10:05 am
If you don’t think it can get much worse, look at the voting records of Pelosi and Hastert.
It looks like a big difference to me. You know I agree with most of your points, I just think it is important to try to maintain the majority, and try to press the GOP back into the conservative mold as opposed to a war of attrition with all of us fighting against each other. Especially considering we, for the most part, agree.
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von
// May 22, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Yeah, jt, get me going and I might have to break out my rebel flag…
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FIAR
// May 22, 2006 at 2:13 pm
You’ve got my vote too, Von.
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fmragtops
// May 22, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Oh, so it’s like that now. I done lost the vote of my co-blogger! That stings.
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FIAR
// May 22, 2006 at 2:25 pm
No, you get my vote too, FM. You’re one comment went to moderation because it contained 2 links. I have released it.
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fmragtops
// May 22, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Seeing how this was an exercise to show that civilised people can disagree respectfully without delinking, and removing permissions from each other, I was getting worried.
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SeanS
// May 23, 2006 at 6:50 am
Civilized disagreement? What is this place? What kind of magic do you do here that people don’t automatically resort to name-calling?
I like it.
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jt
// May 23, 2006 at 7:58 am
Fm, you still have my vote, but since I tend to vote twice, Von gets one too…
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blue square
// May 23, 2006 at 9:44 am
fmragtops, we have to elect a whole new one? Like, it can’t be the same person or anything? That’s weird. Can’t we just take off his sombrero, put back his cowboy hat, give him a line-item veto, throw in some Botox, and call it a new President? I don’t like change. I’m a conservative. All change is evil.
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fmragtops
// May 23, 2006 at 9:50 am
I wish we could, but I’m afraid we misread his cowboy-like behavior. He was really a vaquero.
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jimmyb
// May 25, 2006 at 5:09 am
Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.
As the R’s head more and more to the left, I’m afraid only a sound thrashing at the ballot box will remedy (maybe) this problem.
I find it small comfort that the R’s will destroy the USA slower than the D’s. That’s not good enough. I’m voting for conservatives. Screw the letters.
This might be painful, but something MUST be done.
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fmragtops
// May 25, 2006 at 7:57 am
I challenge you to find one, other than me, running for office. Most of the people that are in office ran on a conservative platform, and now look at ‘em.
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