Originally Posted By Darkbeer There is a lot of detail of the plan in general, and each of the 11 points at this link... <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/winningthefuture.php?id=16863" target="_blank">http://www.humanevents.com/win ningthefuture.php?id=16863</a> >>Republican victory in 2006 depends on a return to the American values that twice elected Ronald Reagan and returned the House to a Republican majority with the Contract with America. 1. Make English the Official Language of Government 2. Control the Borders 3. Keep God in the Pledge 4. Require a Voter ID Card 5. Repeal the Death Tax, for Good 6. Restore Property Rights 7. Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence 8. Control Spending and Balance the Budget 9. Tie Education Funding to Teacher Accountability 10. Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam 11. Focus on Iran and North Korea<<
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Let's see here: 1. Make English the Official Language of Government - CHECK 2. Control the Borders - CHECK 3. Keep God in the Pledge - Not a priority, but CHECK 4. Require a Voter ID Card - CHECK 5. Repeal the Death Tax, for Good - CHECK 6. Restore Property Rights - CHECK 7. Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence - CHECK 8. Control Spending and Balance the Budget - CHECK 9. Tie Education Funding to Teacher Accountability - In theory, CHECK, in practice, jury still out. 10. Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam - CHECK (but see below) 11. Focus on Iran and North Korea - Unless they directly attack us, let the rest of the world do the police work for a change.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Oh yes, the one who adds this wins for me: Protect U.S. middle class jobs
Originally Posted By vbdad55 If that isn't part of the 12 ( not 11) including stop off shoring middle class jobs to increase profits even more-- if the company off shores the jobs - all tax breaks and incentives are gone...give them to companies keeping the jobs here. without this I am not interested either. btw -- show me one candidate / party that remotely has a plan to cover the 11 here let alone the 12th one
Originally Posted By YourPalEd Of course, neut gingrich is a known traitor, and liar, sowe know he won't do anything he says he will do.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd He's a war monger and an ignorant, a traitor, and a liar like all republicans are.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Oh yes, the one who adds this wins for me: Protect U.S. middle class jobs<< Funny how that one got left out. Unless they get their act together, the Stupid Party will be in for an ugly surprise in 2008.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy At least Newt has ideas, lots of them. The libs, the democrats have no new ideas, nothing. They suck.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Right. So mediocre ideas. Better than nothing. 'The Republican Party -- We May Not Have the Best Ideas -- We Just Have Some Ideas'
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>The libs, the democrats have no new ideas, nothing. They suck.<< I agree that the Howard Dean crowd doesn't stand a chance. Its Hillary I am worried about.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Jim, give me 3 ideas the demcorats have rolled out this year? Newt is a guy who is always coming up with great ideas. It was his ideas in 94 that allowed the GOP to take over congress. But the libs only pick him apart as they sit their helping terrorists and making sure we all embrace socialism.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Here, I lifted this from Bill Press... *Iraq - set a timetable for bringing the troops home. *Tax cuts - replace Bush's tax cuts for the rich - with tax cuts for the middle class. *Social Security - make it secure and protect it. *Health Insurance - provide it for 45 million Americans who don't have any. * National security - give first responders the tools they were promised by George Bush, but never received. Pretty awe-inspiring aren't they? zzzzzzzzzzz
Originally Posted By Shooba 1. Make English the Official Language of Government -doesn't solve any real problems facing the voters 2. Control the Borders -of course, but is security at ports still an issue? 3. Keep God in the Pledge -pandering to the religious right, again doesn't solve any real problems facing the voters 4. Require a Voter ID Card -good idea 5. Repeal the Death Tax, for Good -it's a tax on money that was already taxed, so this is good, but they really need to balance the budget before cutting taxes 6. Restore Property Rights -no opinion 7. Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence -a long-term issue, have Republicans actually proposed a plan? 8. Control Spending and Balance the Budget -this is the killer. Does anyone at this point trust Republicans (the most fiscally irresponsible government I've ever witnessed) to do this? 9. Tie Education Funding to Teacher Accountability -Teachers should be held accountable to a degree, but what would withholding funding do? Would this just harm the students further? 10. Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam -okay, but what's the plan? How much of a threat are we talking about? 11. Focus on Iran and North Korea -okay, but hard to do when the focus is on Iraq and shows no signs of changing
Originally Posted By DAR See the smart thing for the Democratic leaders to do is send out their plan. Have the voters compare the two plans and let the voters decide which works best for them. Back in the day that would probably work, now it's just a matter of one side telling the other "come up with something better, come up with something better."
Originally Posted By YourPalEd >>The libs, the democrats have no new ideas, nothing.<< Their old ideas are fine. The democrats arrest criminals instead of voting for them and abetting them, like the republican criminals do.
Originally Posted By DlandDug According to the article, these 11 points directly address issues that voters responded to in polls. If something is missing, it didn't resonate. Most of these type of lists are simply designed to garner votes. ("Give our children the tools to empower them for the future!") In the end, it is fairly safe to assume that voters will have only a vague memory of what was promised. And then the next election cycle will bring another list of hollow promises.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Amazing they list holding the teachers accountable ( which I have no issue with) but what about holding our elected officials accountable ?
Originally Posted By Shooba >>According to the article, these 11 points directly address issues that voters responded to in polls. If something is missing, it didn't resonate.<< Which means it's all about winning, not about coming up with the best ideas. The fact that this could be the case for both sides does not bode well.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 and no concern for the economy in general- no one wants to touch it, and I guess by this list healthcare not an issue either -- good to know
Originally Posted By DAR <<Amazing they list holding the teachers accountable ( which I have no issue with) but what about holding our elected officials accountable ?>> See but that means both parties would have to have something called common sense.
