Originally Posted By cape cod joe ya 2toon> Beau is getting testy and he needs DL! When is getaway day Beau? Are you going to stop in Frisco to kick some last minute butt?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>Conservatives have had it in for Iraq from the get go<< I don't think traditional Conservatives felt that way - the Neo-conservatives (the PNAW guys now running the White House and State Department) do, but not the old school Conservatives.
Originally Posted By woody I'm testy because I have to keep hearing about ... Al Gore and Hillary Clinton's latest rants. And another liberal rant-fest at a funeral. And Howard Dean and John Kerry melt down. And hearing there is no messages from the Democrats except for complaints. Actually, I feel quite good about it.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "Al Gore and Hillary Clinton's latest rants. And another liberal rant-fest at a funeral. And Howard Dean and John Kerry melt down." The only people posting these things are the far right posters here. You don't see one non-far right poster putting up anything from Gore, Clinton, kerry or Dean and saying they agree. All you see are the right wing wack jobs giving them more bandwith.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper The Clinton posts are legitimate since she is a likely candidate for President but I'm well past Gore, Kerry and Dean. If they want to keep embarassing themselves and their party I welcome it. Much as I wince at watching some of the conservative mouths embarass my own party.
Originally Posted By woody I thought the thread was about testy conservatives. I'm not as testy as you think.
Originally Posted By woody "Gore, Clinton, Kerry or Dean" are the mainstream in the Democratic Party. If I post about them and get called for being the far right, does they make Gore, Clinton, Kerry and Dean the far left? I guess they are the far left wack jobs.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Maybe by sending in a force of 200,000 to Afghanistan initially instead of a small strike force, then diverting the rest to Iraq.> It's been well documented why a huge force was not sent to Afghanistan, and why one would not helpful be helpful now. <And what about those members of Al Qaeda who are in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, etc?> Those countries have pledged to aid us in combatting terrorists, and have undertaken some measures to capture al queda members, half-hearted as they may be. <Conservatives have had it in for Iraq from the get go, and they just cannot explain effectively why it is so much more important than any other dictator or any other country that houses members of Al Qaeda.> I think they explained it very effectively, and that some people just aren't happy with the answer. <The need to defend anything and everything the administration does is getting sad.> As does the need by some to attack everything it does.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "I guess they are the far left wack jobs." Way to go woody, and now don't you feel all warm for getting that off your chest? Dean's a nit sure, Kerry somewhere between nut and center, but Clinton and Gore have been about as centered as one can get.
Originally Posted By woody >>Clinton and Gore have been about as centered as one can get.<< Al Gore has proved he isn't center. His speech on foreign soil is rather wacky. Hillary Clinton is trying very hard to be center, but the mainstream liberals are pulling her left. No wonder Liberals are testy.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "No wonder Liberals are testy." I wouldn't know. And careful, the ".....are testy" has already been copyrighted by Road Trip. You may owe him money now.
Originally Posted By mele <<I'm testy because I have to keep hearing about ... Al Gore and Hillary Clinton's latest rants. And another liberal rant-fest at a funeral. And Howard Dean and John Kerry melt down. And hearing there is no messages from the Democrats except for complaints.>> Stupid liberal media.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Have you noticed how no-one has contradicted my original list of why conservatives are having a bad year? <<Several high level republicans are facing criminal charges. Bush’s approval ratings are at an all time low. Even conservatives are calling for an exit from Iraq. Recent Mid-East elections show that democracy might not be such a good thing. Budget deficits continue to grow to record highs. US trade deficit is at an all time high. Bush plan to revise Social Security was a non-starter. Bush plan to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare has been a disaster. Economic “recovery†has never trickled down to the working people. Disaster recovery from last year’s hurricanes has been poorly handled. Brokeback Mountain is a big hit. Bush plan for the next year is WHAT??>> Unless the conservatives get a brain-dead chick to rally around, they've pretty much had it in 2006.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Of course I hope you're right, but I've got my doubts. Bush's approval ratings hovering in the high thirties/low forties represent that portion of the population who will support him - no. matter. what. They'll vote for anybody with an (R) after their name even if they have no idea about the politician's actual record.
Originally Posted By planodisney gadzuux, you know that you will vote for anyone with a D By there name. So arent you just as bad!!!! Roadtrip, there are many reasons why conservatives get , and are testy, but the answers you gave have nothing, no one stitch of anything to do with it. The reasons you gave would cause us to be worried, not testy. I will be the first to admit that this has not been a smooth second term so far and mistakes have been made, as happen with EVERY administration. It is starting to look like the hurricane mi8ght be a political liability for this administration as well as republicans if democrats can link the 2 together in peoples minds. It does seem like there is a little bafoonery going on it the administration at times, which does nothing but help the media who seek to crucufy bush on a daily basis. The economy is doing well, and the unemployment rate is sooooo low, even with Katrina and the aftermath. Black home ownership is at an all time high, and minority test scores are nationally up. The lower class struggling under this administration more than under past administrations, even clintons, is a myth propogated by liberals who seek to keep minorities under their thumbs. Not liberal voters, but the democratic leadership in this country need for the low class and minoritiesd to stay right where they are if they want to survive. Therefore they use fear, lies and distortions to keep uneducated feeding from their trough.
Originally Posted By planodisney You bet Roadtrip. All us conservatives are hoping for a BRAIN DEAD ChICK to rally around. And the TOPIC was, "Why Are Republicans So Testy?" Partly because of inflamatory B.S. comments like that!! It gets tiring, old, frustrating and sometimes we just need to vent. Particularly on here, as we are sooo outnumbered. Also, I find it amusing that you think only the far left nutjobs have been attacking Bush and the administration with lies, distortions and equating him to Hitler and worse. many people on here have labeled theis administration fascist. What do you think they are realing trying to say there? Of course they are trying to tie the 2 together. Also, look at comments made by Kerry, Gore, Kennedy and the leaders of both the House and Senate. Also, look at what leaders of powerful liberal organizations like the NAACP, the ACLU and other have said. The vicious attacks are in the mainstream of the Democratic party, not the fringe.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>Particularly on here, as we are sooo outnumbered.<< I don't think conservatives are outnumbered here. Outgunned, perhaps. But not outnumbered.
