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GOP voters: like a rock

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Washington Whispers: GOP voters: like a rock
By Paul Bedard


Many Democrats may hate the war in Iraq and itch to dump the president, but a new GOP survey shows that Republican base voters stand ready to jam the November polls to return their team to Congress. A three-page-survey memo obtained by Washington Whispers reveals that despite reports of some dissatisfaction with the economy, the war, and President Bush, 81 percent of Republican voters are "almost certain" to vote and an additional 14 percent say they are "very likely." It goes without saying that they'll vote Republican: By a margin of 84 percent to 6 percent, they will pull the GOP toggle switch in the voting booth. And here is something you don't hear very often: 88 percent of Republicans approve of how the prez is handling his job.

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It's gonna be a fun election year.... :mrgreen:
 
faithful_servant said:
Washington Whispers: GOP voters: like a rock
By Paul Bedard


Many Democrats may hate the war in Iraq and itch to dump the president, but a new GOP survey shows that Republican base voters stand ready to jam the November polls to return their team to Congress. A three-page-survey memo obtained by Washington Whispers reveals that despite reports of some dissatisfaction with the economy, the war, and President Bush, 81 percent of Republican voters are "almost certain" to vote and an additional 14 percent say they are "very likely." It goes without saying that they'll vote Republican: By a margin of 84 percent to 6 percent, they will pull the GOP toggle switch in the voting booth. And here is something you don't hear very often: 88 percent of Republicans approve of how the prez is handling his job.

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It's gonna be a fun election year.... :mrgreen:
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Really? Then why are Republicans being outed already? Dover, PA outed Republicans.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9973228

And in Kansas, Conservative Rebublicans were replaced with moderates in the primaries.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14137751/

Not to mention that these are local elections where Rebublicans are usually strongest. The mood of the country is becoming more liberal as Generation X is now getting to the age of political interest. Not good news for Republicans.
 
It may not be true, but what a commercial that would make!!

I can see it now, images of unhappy americans grudgingly pulling the lever all the while with "LIKE A ROCK" playing in the background. Partisan at its best. Gotta love it! :elephantf
 
Some Conservatives may be upset with Bush but a alternative of Hillary or Kerry would be 10 times worse.........Republicans and Conservatives know that........Look for a huge turn out of Conservatives and Moderates both in 2006 and 2008..........
 
Navy Pride said:
Some Conservatives may be upset with Bush but a alternative of Hillary or Kerry would be 10 times worse.........Republicans and Conservatives know that........Look for a huge turn out of Conservatives and Moderates both in 2006 and 2008..........
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Like a rock, I was stuborn as can be
Like a rock, facts don't bother me
Like a rock, Still got my loyalty
Like a rock...

Thanks NP, you said it all.
 
Indy said:
Like a rock, I was stuborn as can be
Like a rock, facts don't bother me
Like a rock, Still got my loyalty
Like a rock...

Thanks NP, you said it all.
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The American people like a man who does not flip flop every other day depending on the polls like you boy Kerry does.........That is why the silent majority spoke up in 2002 and 2004 and kicked your butt and they will do the same in 2008 when you try to run another flawed candidate like Clinton or Kerry.......
 
Navy Pride said:
The American people like a man who does not flip flop every other day depending on the polls like you boy Kerry does.........That is why the silent majority spoke up in 2002 and 2004 and kicked your butt and they will do the same in 2008 when you try to run another flawed candidate like Clinton or Kerry.......
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Kicked MY butt? Um, no. I don't belong to the Democratic party so my butt felt just fine thank you :cool: And unless the republicans are running a smear campaign against independents I don't think they are going to kick my butt in '08 either. As for flip-flopping, do you really want to start down that long and slippery road about whether or not either party put forth a canidate that didn't have 'bouts of "flip flopping"? I'd be happy to but I wouldn't want to shatter your undying loyalty to your fearless leader.
 
Indy said:
Kicked MY butt? Um, no. I don't belong to the Democratic party so my butt felt just fine thank you :cool: And unless the republicans are running a smear campaign against independents I don't think they are going to kick my butt in '08 either. As for flip-flopping, do you really want to start down that long and slippery road about whether or not either party put forth a canidate that didn't have 'bouts of "flip flopping"? I'd be happy to but I wouldn't want to shatter your undying loyalty to your fearless leader.
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So if you don't mind me asking my friend who did you vote for in the 2004 presidential election? Ralph Nader?:roll:
 
I think South Park creator Matt Stone said it best when he said, "I hate conservatives, but I really ****ing hate liberals."
 
Navy Pride said:
So if you don't mind me asking my friend who did you vote for in the 2004 presidential election? Ralph Nader?:roll:
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Nope, Kerry. Sadly though, with only 2 choices to pick that doesn't exactly classify somebody as liberal. When you look at the arguments against him the best they could come up with was "Flip-Flopper" then I think that says something. After all what politician out there has not changed their opinion on an issue or voted against a bill they agreed with because of all of the pork projects hidden inside of it?

Also, look at his opponent. I mean ****, we couldn't do any worse than what we have now right? :lol:
 
Indy said:
Nope, Kerry. Sadly though, with only 2 choices to pick that doesn't exactly classify somebody as liberal. When you look at the arguments against him the best they could come up with was "Flip-Flopper" then I think that says something. After all what politician out there has not changed their opinion on an issue or voted against a bill they agreed with because of all of the pork projects hidden inside of it?

Also, look at his opponent. I mean ****, we couldn't do any worse than what we have now right? :lol:
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Did you know that and independent organization did a study that found that Kerry was the most liberal senator in the senate........He voted 96% of the time liberal even to the right of Kennedy..........

Your right about one thimg a good moderate candidate like Bayh could have beaten Bush but the problem is no moderate could ever win the nomination because the base of the democratic party is controlled by the far left.....

Hell I might even have voted for him.......
 
I think it is important to stand uncompromisingly behind good solid principles. However, you have politicans who claim to have one set of principles but then turn around and betray those stated principles while claiming to adhere to them. Given that is case, I don't look for politicans but for leaders. If I see a leader in the democratic party, I would probably vote for them. If I see a leader in the republican party, I would vote for that candidate. I think it is important for people to look for good leaders and both the democratic party and the republican party have produced good leaders and you won't find a candidate that agrees with your every view. So, to me, it is important to avoid voting for politicans and vote for a leader, even if the quality of candidates to choose from can be low during some elections (that's not to say that every election has poor quality candidates because their are some very good candidates in my opinion). Kinda like choosing the best of the worst when it comes to those kinds of elections. This idea of strictly voting for a candidate who is conservative or liberal simply and only because they come from a party that more likely mirrors your views is a mistake.
 
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MarineCorpsCandidate said:
I think it is important to stand uncompromisingly behind good solid principles. However, you have politicans who claim to have one set of principles but then turn around and betray those stated principles while claiming to adhere to them. Given that is case, I don't look for politicans but for leaders. If I see a leader in the democratic party, I would probably vote for them. If I see a leader in the republican party, I would vote for that candidate. I think it is important for people to look for good leaders and both the democratic party and the republican party have produced good leaders and you won't find a candidate that agrees with your every view. So, to me, it is important to avoid voting for politicans and vote for a leader, even if the quality of candidates to choose from can be low during some elections (that's not to say that every election has poor quality candidates because their are some very good candidates in my opinion). Kinda like choosing the best of the worst when it comes to those kinds of elections. This idea of strictly voting for a candidate who is conservative or liberal simply and only because they come from a party that more likely mirrors your views is a mistake.
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Thank you for your service my friend.....One question who do you consider good leaders among the democrats and republicans?
 
Navy Pride said:
Thank you for your service my friend.....One question who do you consider good leaders among the democrats and republicans?
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I think Reagan was a good leader. Bush Sr I think was better than his son. I think Eisenhower (I think he was a democrat, but I am not sure) was an OK leader. I especially liked his speech and warnings on the military industrial complex.
 
RightOfCenter said:
I think South Park creator Matt Stone said it best when he said, "I hate conservatives, but I really ****ing hate liberals."
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Ain't that the truth! Sometimes you stick with the same old same old despite some disagreement due to the fact that the alternative is often much scarier.
 
MarineCorpsCandidate said:
I think Reagan was a good leader. Bush Sr I think was better than his son. I think Eisenhower (I think he was a democrat, but I am not sure) was an OK leader. I especially liked his speech and warnings on the military industrial complex.
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Nope Ike was a Republican in fact you named all Republicans and all Conservatives.............I would not be to hard on Bush Jr..........No president has ever had to face the things he has............
 
Navy Pride said:
Nope Ike was a Republican in fact you named all Republicans and all Conservatives.............I would not be to hard on Bush Jr..........No president has ever had to face the things he has............
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That's probably true. Well, I would take exception to Lincoln. Lincoln was a good leader as well and I would say that Lincoln has so far had it the hardest of any American president to date. Reagan is one my favorites, especially when he talked about defeating the Soviet Union in a "battle of ideas" and called the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire."
 
MarineCorpsCandidate said:
That's probably true. Well, I would take exception to Lincoln. Lincoln was a good leader as well and I would say that Lincoln has so far had it the hardest of any American president to date. Reagan is one my favorites, especially when he talked about defeating the Soviet Union in a "battle of ideas" and called the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire."
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Reagan is my favorite president as you can see by my avatar.......Welcome to the forum my friend..........
 
Navy Pride said:
Reagan is my favorite president as you can see by my avatar.......Welcome to the forum my friend..........
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One of my primary concerns is that the US does not become an empire and remains a symbol of hope and freedom in the world. That is our mission as citizens, is to assure that our nation remains free and a beacon of hope and does not degenerate into an empire.
 
talloulou said:
Ain't that the truth! Sometimes you stick with the same old same old despite some disagreement due to the fact that the alternative is often much scarier.
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I think they call it "The lesser of two evils".

We need more choices than bad and really really bad.
 
Libertarian for the win!
 
Navy Pride said:
Reagan is my favorite president as you can see by my avatar.......Welcome to the forum my friend..........
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Welcome dumb (MarineCorpsCandidate), have fun with your new Republican play mate, dumber (Navy Pride).

Could Navy Pride, be RuPaul?
 
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