There are at least three telling signs I've seen - indications that the Republican party is not optimistic about their chances in this election.
1) A great many of Mr. Bush's appearances are away from major metropolitan areas. Instead he is showing up in places like Le Mars, Iowa, keeping as low a profile as he can, but still staying on the road so there's plausible deniability in case someone like me asks why he's laying low.
2) A recent piece by Phil Brennan was copied and pasted over into a Gather post recently. Entitled Ten Good Reasons to Vote GOP, it is a very well-crafted piece of spin, and you will notice three things do not make the Top 10. Iraq is relegated to a footnote after the Top 10 reasons have been presented. Gay marriage, that great get the vote out clarion call is not mentioned at all. Most surprising is that there is not one nod to God, which from a neo-conservative point of view is at least disrespectful, given all God has purportedly done for the GOP in recent years.
3) In our building, no one is supposed to distribute political flyers, but that's a lot like trying to seal the borders. We've seen six flyers at our door, three of which have the endorsement of the Democratic party proudly emblazoned on the front, and three where you can't see what party the candidate belongs to (incumbent Sheriff Bob Fletcher, State Rep. candidate Lisa Murphy, and another I've already recycled after reading she wants to privatize Social Security Insurance). These seemingly unaffiliated candidates don't see the value in having you know they're Republicans. That speaks volumes.
Now it's pretty clear how I'm going to vote, but I encourage you to vote whether you vote Republican or Democrat or Libertarian or Green. The more people who vote, the better (though there are some who would disagree with that and go out of their way to make it harder for the citizenry to vote).
I'm going to enjoy voting this year for candidates who proudly announce their party on all their literature. I will not be supporting candidates who don't find it in their best interest to have you know their party affilitation.
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I notice the person who gave this a one had nothing to say.
(Note: typo in your title)
It's just really interesting. You know, I was raised in Colorado, and we're Broncos fans. No matter how bad the Broncos are doing, you cheer for the Broncos. When Elway was in his first few years, he was embarrassing as hell, but we were winning 6 games a year instead of the 3 we'd win before he came. Cheering for the home team is akin to patriotism, and if someone can't stick by your party when it's down I'm thinking maybe it would be better off without them. Of course, if your party preaches a philosophy of every man for himself, maybe we shouldn't be surprised to look in the big tent and find it empty.
Similar is the "strict construction" of the Constitution, except for anything having to do with presidential power (and picking which bits of Leviticus to regard as still in force after the "new covenant"...).
I love that judges become "activist" after being appointed by Republicans.
Stephen, I believe the label of "conservative" has little to do today with the defense of the individual. Ending a pregnancy is a messy, nasty business, but if women don't have that right and ability they are shut up as easily as they are impregnated. How many times I heard "keep them barefoot and pregnant" I hate to admit. A woman in control of her fertility is threat to some people, but I say it's neccesary for her participation as an equal citizen.
I'm not entirely familiar with Leviticus, but quite familiar with people trumpeting some parts of the Bible while ignoring any part of it that makes them uncomfortable.
Your support for the right for a woman to abort her child is noted. I'm not sure how I feel about that. But, I was wondering, do you have any feeling for the right of the child to live?
I understand that in the Roman Republic, the father had the right to take the life of his child anytime he wanted to. Even after birth, all the way up to adulthood. If that is correct history, don't you think that kids had more "respect" for their fathers as they were growing up?
Maybe we could adapt the old Roman system. Give the parent the right to "abort" a child at any time up to age 18. That way, a mother would not have to make her decision to abort so quickly. She could live with the kid for a year or two before she decided if it was worth keeping.
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In the middle ages, all a man had to do to lay claim to all the lands a woman owned was to get her pregnant, and if it had to be a little rough, that was just part of the system. That doesn't work for me either.
I don't like abortion, but it's not my choice. That weighty responsiblity lies with the woman.
2. I don't know who Phil Breannan is, but the 10 commandments is posted at our state capital and gay marriage isn't allowed or even considered here. I think government should be G0d-neutral and not Godless. Atheism is a religion also.
3.In Texas, the Democrats are the ones who are afraid to put their party affiliation on their advertisements. Only the candidate for governor has the balls to mention that he is a Democrat. I applaud his honesty, but his policies won't fly in Texas.
The GOP has their faults and failures and I disagree with many of their actions and pet projects(welfare for illegals, TransTexas Corridor), but your views are regional. Where are Pelosi, Kennedy, and other Democratic leaders stumping in the South?
I sure hope you are referring to his entertainment quotient, and not his governing ability!
Too bad he turned out to be such a thin-skinned, defensive opportunist instead of a true leader. He was far more interested in doing whatever would benefit Jessie than he was in doing what was best for his constituents.
I think he would have been trounced if he ran for a second term, and I think he knew it.
Conservatives want to regulate the bedroom; liberals want to regulate the boardroom.
I think proportional representation would be an interesting thing, Carl. I really want everyone to feel like their vote and their involvement in day to day government matters.
I look at this country in the shape its in now and it is most defiently the worce time I have saw. Look at all the jobs shiped over seas and look at the amount this country gets from China and even Mexico to use to fight this war om terror can you people not see your tax cuts have made our country dependent on the other countrys of the world as our banker and what do we do to pay back all the loans we take out to pay for the Bush tax cuts? Lets see number one place our children in a debt that they may never be able to even make the note on. The secent thing that is troubling to me is all the jobs we have shiped to places such as China and Mexico in case you have forgot the backbone that has made this country oh-so mighty was the laber force but we ship that over seas because of the cheap laber now ask your self this simple question if we must pay the world back the multi trillions of dollers do we have any way of making shure that the countrys such as China or Mexico pay there workers a competive wage so that this country can get the laber and in return pay off the tax cut debt. Answer NO we have no way to controle other countrys pay and in the end why would we after all cheep chinese goods translate into a lower price in the store. Though look at it this way that tv you bought made in china or that radio made in malaysia would equal 10 to 15 us jobs lost for that $50 that you saved.
Thanks, Ron, for providing a thoughtful and reasonable political article so I had a place to express my elation!