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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (119299)	12/23/2000 11:55:57 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Article...NOTES FROM A SORE WINNER, IT'S BEEN A LONG SIX WEEKS.. By: Shelley McKinney etherzone.com The question, now that Al Gore has made that telephone call, is where do we go from here? The Republicans have won their rightful victory, and the (cheating, lying) Democrats having been given short shrift by the Supreme Court of the United States. Yes, please remember that's how far this whole process had to travel in order to keep Al from using our Constitution as his own personal doormat. It's just the kind of thing that happens when a person of no scruples and crippled ethics makes a run for the presidency. The phrase "dimpled chad" will gag me forever, I think. So where do we go? Al Gore wants us to go with God, that's for sure. At my count, he mentioned God four or five times in his concession speech and I waited breathlessly to see if a bolt of lightning would blast him, leaving nothing but a wisp of smoke curling up from his charred podium. Whatever, Al. I know where I think conservatives should go now: I think we should head for the high road and make it known that we're watching our backs and fearlessly plotting a course of travel for the journey ahead. I see no reason whatsoever to share any power with any Democrats, no matter how much they whine and beg for it. I see no need for "bi-partisanship." One thing this election has taught me is that there are conservatives and there are liberals and the twain should never meet. We are completely and utterly different and there is no connection between us. Why pretend that there is, just for the sake of soothing down the liberals' feelings? Don't be fooled by Al's bonhomie in his speech. It was a gracious speech, and that's as much as I'm prepared to give him. Please remind yourself, if you find yourself thinking, "Oh, what the hey...we can all be friends. Here it is, the holiday season when we're all supposed to be thinking about peace on earth and goodwill toward men...let's cut the Democrats some slack," that this is the man who ruthlessly tried to steal the election because he was so convinced that we, as conservatives, were so weak and politically sleepy that we'd do no more than murmur "Just wash the sink out with Clorox when you leave, Bill" before we turned back over and tucked the blankets under our chins. Al was wrong, and so were all the other Democrats who schemed to stage this bloodless coup d'etat. Finally -- finally! -- enough Republicans stirred themselves from their torpor to actually get up and speak out and DO something. Heaven knows that the Democrats aren't used to conservatives that behave as if they have a backbone, let alone a will to fight. We've become so familiar with giving up, rolling over. We've gotten so used to letting the Democrats push us and pull us and bark out orders, even though they have been in the minority in our House of Representatives and our Senate since 1993. We have given up and given in and surrendered our beliefs and our values too many times in this past administration. Why have we done that? And why would we ever let it continue, now that we're aware? The Republican party has been given an incredible opportunity. We can take this opportunity and we can use it for what we believe to be the good of our country, or we can let it slip between our fingers. We can share the power and be stupidly acquiescent, or we can be pleasant-yet-firm and unyielding as we work to achieve the things we think are important. We can remain alert and awake, or we can think "I'm so glad that's over" as we cuddle back up, wrapped warmly in the blanket of what we think of as our laudable patriotism. We can head out fearlessly -- paying no mind to the crybabies who mutter and shriek that George W. Bush doesn't have a "legitimate" presidency -- with good cheer and strong faith and a will to work. Or we can be the party that we've been for the past eight years. We've been the party of "Yessir, Mr. Daschle" and "Yessir, Reverend Jackson" and "We humbly beg your pardon, Mr. Vice President...we know that it is a common misconception that Buddhist monks are filthy rich." Never again, I say. Never, ever again. That party's over.