You, our President, continue to fail us miserably in this most important aspect of preserving some realistic degree of national security. Yet you actually have the gall to stand before us and accuse us, your steadfast Conservative base, of "political rhetoric" when we call attention to the actual meanings of the "details" of this abomination we are to endorse blindly in your name??? You wish to quell and extinguish the very real, intentional shortfalls in this deplorable piece of legislation by your baseless slander of your own?
This scathing post begins with a knife drawing ominously near a "Sportsmen for Bush" bumper sticker, and culminates in a picture of the bumper bearing only tattered remnants of the aforementioned sticker.
Yep, DI is on the warpath. I can't say that I disagree with him.
In the past few months I too have grown tired of standing up for Bush when he has done as little as possible to protect the sovereignty of this nation. EVEN under threat of establishing a permanent underclass. EVEN under threat of destroying the greatest health care providers in the world. EVEN under threat of this nation losing its identity. EVEN though the government is specifically noted to have the duty to protect the nation's boarders. EVEN when we suffer overcrowded prisons full of illegal aliens. EVEN as we refuse to find and deport violent felons, cop killers, and child molesters. EVEN as all government systems of welfare bust with fraud from aliens with false documents. And, yes, EVEN UNDER THREAT OF TERRORISM...
He does nothing.
Well, I'm going to do something.
Something I've been thinking about for some time now...
It has never been "my party right or wrong" with me.
Conservatives are like that. As SR put it, we eat our own. When members of our party screw up, we'll be there, condeming, and demanding an apology or a resignation. Problem seems to be that the party in Washington has somehow gotten out of touch with the base that put them there. Seems there's a whole bunch of guys up there sitting on platters with all the fixin's surrounding them. Dinner's ready, but the doors haven't been opened yet.
Even when I disagreed with some of Bush's policies, I kept my bumper sticker on. I thought that it was a defining election, and worth reminding people that I didn't support a "world test" or naively believe that enemies sworn to kill us are going to be "reasonable". I thought it was good to let people know where I stood on this defining issue, because Bush represented the side that I agreed with most. That is no longer the case.
I actually liked Bush, because of all the things everyone made fun of him for. He wasn't a slick-shit politician, or a smooth-talking snake like old BJ Clinton (that's Bill Jefferson :]). He was genuine and honest (or did a helluva job acting it). I trusted him to know what was right for this country, and make the tough decisions when the time came. That is no longer the case.
I know what's coming in '08, and I hate the Republican party for forcing me to do what I'm going to do. Our message is NOT being clearly received, or it's being ignored. Either way, I will NOT be voting Republican this time. I don't care how many promises they make, or how many babies they kiss. I don't care if they promise to return to ultra-strict constitutionalism, cut trillions in spending, and mothball all the bureaucracy-laden, rights-reducing, tax-increasing failures of government agencies. As the old saying goes; FUCK YOU. I'm done.
I want you guys to sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
If that means having to suffer the "H" word in the oval office, then don't come crying to me. You reap what you sow.
I could hold out hope that between now and the big day the Republicans suddenly get it, and totally turn around, but it would take a whole lot of ACTION between now and then to convince me to vote for them. I'll be pulling for someone like Fred Thompson to win, but if they've got an R next to their name, and they haven't yet renounced their party in disgust, they won't get my vote. As much as it pains me to say it; sorry Fred. Replace that republican "R" with a conservative "C" and we'll talk.
I think that just about covers it. Oh yeah! One more thing...
Now listen closely, because I'm only going to do this once.
Conservatives won't keep pushing you up when you keep putting us down.
That's why we're conservatives, we're smart, we think for ourselves.
You guys aren't in Washington because you told us to put you there.
You're there because we told you to go there.
How you've gotten so out of touch is simply beyond me.
Smart folks don't suffer the ignorant very well.
So kindly...
Fuck off.
Come back when you've got your shit together.
7 comments:
I was quoted!
Damn straight we eat our own. Our base knows what our leaders "should" do, and when they don't do that, we don't give them a free pass just because they have an -R next to their name.
I don't know what I'm going to do in this next election. I don't want to be driven to vote Republican, not because i like Republicans, but because I'm afraid of Democrats.
Conflicted.
I had to fight with that too.
If we only vote "R" because we're afraid of "D"s, we are giving them a free pass.
There's no spot to vote:
"George Bush, even though I don't support him."
I'm tired of settling, and tired of being told who I should stop from winning.
But there is a silver lining; without Carter, there probably wouldn't have been a Reagan. I might even go so far as to say SHE might just give the people a big enough dose of what socialism's really about, to remind them why we follow capitalism.
Tough four years? Yes. But a small price to pay to remind the increasingly left-leaning public why conservatism is good for everyone.
While the Carter thing is a good point, look at how many people now think back to the Carter years (as distructive as history seems to dictate that they were), and tell themselves how great it was until Reagan got into office. Same thing would happen with the Big H -"i" - double hockey sticks. Even if it were to hit the shitter, and we has the Conservative kick ass candidate in 2012...by 2028...Hillary would be immortalized, and Liberals would be talking about how it wasn't conservatives that stopped (*insert every positive development in this country here*), but was just the natural progression of things.
I sort of feel bad about being a catalyst to scrape the (formerly) cool sticky, but in another vein I sure don't... because, truly, I wasn't the catalyst.
THAT'S exactly what these squishy RINO's need to GET!
In fact, I'm flattered.
We're all conflicted, Stouty. I think that's fine. Why the hell shouldn't we be?
It gave me some pause to think deeper on this.
Thanx ET. It's always a pleasure.
SR, who cares what the libs think? I don't care how deluded they are, I just want my country to be safe.
I want my party back. They've made it clear that they're not listening, and the way to express displeasure is NOT to vote for them. In fact, that's the way to express the opposite. If you vote for them, the message will be, "Every thing's great, keep up the good work!"
There's no other way to reach them.
Hell yes! I support the Existing Thing, the Defiant Infidel, and the Stout Republican. When did these politicians stop suppurting what we elected them for?
Let's march or something to show our disgust with these people. Enough is enough! But let's do it on a sunny day, preferably in the fall, around mid-day, near a fast-food place. But if it rains or is chilly, let's cancel and do it some other day. Also, if it's really hot, I'm out.
Holy cow, I may be part of the problem!
I couldn't agree more, we have been betrayed by Bush and Company...
Damn good post here and yeah, I'm a Conservative Indy too, I don't vote for a party, I might TO party but that's a different matter...
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