I'm not the least bit surprised by this. This is what happens when a party loses its way. The Republican Party has proven for several years now to only give lip service to the causes they supposedly support. There is no limited government under today's GOP. Spending and debt have increased to historical levels. Billions of dollars have been thrown away into a failed MediCare system, the No Child Left Behind Act which is not the answer to solving America's education woes, and to abuse of post Hurricane Katrina funds.

Bush promised to fix the solvency of Social Security to avoid its inevitable collapse, and yet, today we hear nothing. Bush promised to fix the tax code and make it simpler for all Americans, and yet, we have seen nothing. Amendment after amendment have been put up in the Congress by the few true Republicans that are still around to cut out the wasteful pork spending and they have been defeated overwhelmingly by a Republican controlled Congress. While North Korea and Iran get stronger and more of a threat every day the Republican administration does a song and dance, yet had no problem tearing into Iraq when certainly they were nowhere near the threat level of the Iranian regime.

And to try and take peoples' minds off of their indescretions, they shamelessly pander to the people with ridiculous Constitutional amendments that would prevent homosexual marriage and flag burning. If only they tackled the aforementioned issues with the same fierociousness.

People respect those who stand solidly on principles and are of an honest character. You may not agree with where they stand, but you will respect their honest convictions. The Republicans are no longer an honest party and their future vitality depends on those who believe in their true message to save it.

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Actually Bush brought up several of those issues though he can number count votes.
remember the social security ideas being brought up last year and it became so partisan it was a waste of time.

Any issue needs to be floated and felt out if they realize they are no where close to votes needed it never gets anywhere.

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The voters like me more conservative were turned off by the spending. the illegal immigration views of the president and its amnesty. The social apeasement programs which is bigger goverment.

Though the left portrays Bush as a conservative to me he's a moderate at best.

They just blind hate him yet he throws money a much as any liberal for any left cause on education etc.

Truth is even though we may be disillusioned by him. We know to NOT go to the polls means speaker Pelossi, Charlie rangles ted kenneedys as chairmen.

NO THANKS

No spite your nose eat your face or however that saying goes

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I said Conservative not necessarly Republican or Democrat. Liberals are in both of those parties.

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Bush is no moderate. He is a compassionate conservative remember?

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Samintheburgh are you a Bush basher? Be careful, that's what you will be called soon if you keep this up. You're not allowed to criticize Bush or Born again Evangelical Rapture Right Christians, they come after you with a fierce vengence.

You're so wrong if you think that throwing away money would make liberals like him. He cuts money from education, don't kid yourself. Why do you think No Child Left Behind is a failure? Because it's not funded. He cut college loans, he is not an education president. We don't blind hate him. We hate him for the same reasons you do. He is driving our country off into the ditch with debt and war.

I'd argue that this is a non-story:


"Republicans have suffered a loss of 1.7 percentage points since the beginning of the year."


1.7% means nothing. I was reading some history of the 1960's the other day. The Johnson administration blew out Barry Goldwater by a margin of almost 2:1 in terms of the popular vote (if I recall correctly) and the Republican party nationwide took major hits. Within four years, we got Nixon. So who cares about 1.7%?


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Monumentally ridiculous.

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Yes, and there are also those who state that Goldwater won the election, it only took 16 years to count the votes...

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[U]Leo McGarry:[/U] Maybe they don't and they can't add.

Well, he did start the "Goldwater Revolution" and thus create the present day North vs South, East vs West divide today. I don't prescribe such monumental changes to one man though, especially one who failed so miserably as he did.


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We think alike - I was thinking of posting just this when I ran into your comment.