George,
I've read your recent posts and you make a few good points. Amy taking the bus is not significant. The only reason I mentioned it was I thought it was a bit ironic, her being a daughter of a former president and all.
<<why do most conservatives seem like mean people?>> It's because the press and the DNC make them out to be mean. In my lifetime (I'm 34) the Republicans have always been portrayed as being for the fat cats, and the Demos as the party for the middle class and the little guy. While the Republicans have not been the Knight in Shining Armor to the middle class, they, in reality, have done more for them then the Demos. The Demos take their (the middle class) vote for granted, and bow to the special interest groups like Affirmative Action, Welfare, etc. AT least the Reps have been striving for lower taxes and less government regulation. The Demos would make you believe they are better suited to make decisions for you--as if Joe Sixpack doesn't have the intelligence required to make such decisions.
I watched Newt debate his opponent for Georgia's 6th District Congressional vote this morning on C-Span. It was vintage Republican vs. Demo. All his opponent could do was to keep bringing up faulty allegations against Newt. Apparently, after Newt had Rep. Jim Wright investigated for some inproprieties that forced Wright to resign from Congress, the Demos went on a "We'll show you" witch hunt on Newt. Newt was investigated on 74 counts of various improprieties. The only thing they could dig up was that: 1.) Newt failed to disclose that he had co-signed his daughters mortgage (boy now that's a real estate deal to rival Whitewater) and 2.) That he wrongly billed $20 worth of faxes that he had sent. Accordingly, he was cleared of all 74 counts. Yet, his Demo opponent kept bringing the issue up--kind of like "if I keep reminding people that he was investigated for something, they'll ultimately think he was guilty of something, and hence vote for me." Then Newt was asked if he could change one thing during his term as speaker of the house, what would it be. He responded that he wished now that he and the rest of the Republicans would've acted sooner to dispell the poorly contrived, yet very effective charges that he and his "Republicans" had acted to cut Medicare, when in fact, they were merely debating with Clinton on what percentage Medicare would be increased. Again, the Demo creed--plant an idea, no matter how false or misleading, just as long as its scary, and keep hammering the point home until people believe it.
I agree with Dole--"Where is the outrage of the American people for being lied to and misled?" I don't get it, except of course that it all goes back to the old stereotypes of the Reps being Fat Cats, and the Demos looking out for the little guy. What a joke. On a final note, a caller to Rush brought up an interesting point. Assume for a moment that Clinton gets re-elected, and the Republicans keep control of the House. Then assume that Clinton gets impeached for improprieties (its like a smorgashbord buffet--take your pick of misproprieties or mix-and-match) and that Gore gets impeached with him (not totally improbable for a guy who was photographed arm-in-arm with a convicted drug smuggler--perhaps Gore was comparing/contrasting the intricacies of raising tobacco in Tenn to farming coca plants in Columbia). Who is the new President? Your clue is he's a college professor with a funny name from Georgia's 6th Congressional District. |
