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Originally Posted by host
<b>name</b> a "good" republican....someone who objected vocally in the press and voted agains the huge deficit spending and the secretive, intrusive government policies....or anti consumer bills like "Bankrupcy Reform" and the medicare prescription "benefit" plan. Name someone who represents the majority of working class Americans in his district, or in his state.
Here's one....he's gone....forced out by Hastert and Frist:
Can you <b>name anyone</b> with a similar record who is republican and is still in congress?
Peter Fitzgerald was responsible for putting Patrick Fitzgerald in the position where he could be appointed special counsel to investigate the Plame leak.
One more time...democrats chair no congressional committees. They have no power to call a hearing, subpoena a single witness, or pass a bill out of committee, much less into law. If you voted against all democratic party candidates in 2000, and in 2004, you helped make this happen. If you are a "conservative", what do you support in the current growth of government spending....and the Corporatism today, vs. the unprecedented, slower spending growth and budget surpluses under Clinton's policies? What is it that could be worse under democrats. What harm would restoration on one house of congress, to democratic majority cause? The benefit would be immediate restoration of some checks and balances that do not exist at all today!
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I am a conservative and I don't support any of the outrageous spending and growth of government. That's why I didn't vote for Republicans in 00 or 04. I voted mostly Libertarian.
The talk of Clinton's sound fiscal policy is a joke at best. So many of his loving followers, who also love the welfare programs like SS and medicare, fail to mention or realize that he robbed Social Security to pull off the surplus. This is what I am talking about when I refuse to vote for Democrats. The very party (not that Republicans are exempt from this) that holds Social Security at the pinnacle of political achivement, has STOLEN money from it to appear like they have carried out a sound fiscal policy. Why should I vote for Gore again?
As far as good Republicans there is Ron Paul (R) from Texas. He even was speaking out against the war in Iraq before it was convinient and has been voting against all the draconian legislation.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WAR IN IRAQ
Sept. 3, 2002
As Congress reconvenes this week, the possibility of war with Iraq looms larger than ever. I believe the Constitution clearly requires a declaration of war by Congress before a military invasion of Iraq can take place. I also believe that Congress and the American people need to engage in a sober and thorough debate over the wisdom of such an invasion before we commit our young soldiers to a new war in Iraq. At a minimum, the following questions should be carefully considered:
Why do so many knowledgeable military experts, including former generals Anthony Zinni, Brent Scowcroft, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Colin Powell, caution against war in Iraq? These men understand the geopolitics and military realities of Iraq and the Middle East from their service during the first Bush administration. Are the brilliant military minds of a decade ago suddenly irrelevant? Note that those who actually have experienced war are the most reluctant to call for war, in stark contrast to the mostly non-veteran pundits clamoring to "take Saddam out."
Is Iraq a real danger to us, or have the war hawks wildly exaggerated the threat posed by this impoverished third-world nation?
Do you personally feel strongly enough about Iraq to leave your home, family, and job to join the war? If you are beyond the age of military service, would you want your children or grandchildren to do the same? After Pearl Harbor, almost all Americans would have answered yes to this question, but do we really have the same national unity and clear sense of purpose when it comes to Iraq?
What would you give up at home to provide the billions of dollars necessary to prosecute the war? Would you support a huge tax increase, or give up your Social Security benefits for a decade? I know many Americans would be happy to sacrifice, but we should be honest about what this war might cost us and judge whether it’s worth it.
Everyone wants a regime change in Iraq, but who exactly will replace Hussein? Will we support a handpicked successor who later turns on us, much like bin Laden did after we funded his resistance to Soviet occupation of Afghanistan? Remember that the Kurds, our supposed friends in northern Iraq, have fundamentalist factions that are aligned with bin Laden and are allegedly hiding al Qaeda. We risk replacing the secular Hussein regime with a more fundamentalist Kurd regime that hates western values.
How long will we be in Iraq after Saddam Hussein is ousted? Will we be nation-building for decades, as we almost certainly will be in Afghanistan? We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes made in Korea and Vietnam by entering another conflict without clear objectives and a definite exit strategy.
Does an invasion of Iraq play into bin Laden’s hands by turning the entire Islamic world against us? Will an Iraq war expand into a Middle East war against Israel? Will Islamic terrorists mount attacks in America and around the world to protest the war?
If we are justified in attacking Iraq, what about the dozens of other countries that pose much more of a threat to us? Why aren’t the war hawks calling for an invasion of Iran or especially Saudi Arabia, which harbored most of the September 11th terrorists?
With American forces stretched thin in the Middle East and the administration preoccupied, will China take the opportunity to invade Taiwan? Will India and Pakistan engage in a full-fledged war? Will adversaries like Russia consider us weakened and move against us?
Finally, do the American people, and not just a handful of advisors to the President, really want this war?
All of these questions, and many more, need to be asked and answered in a full and robust congressional debate.
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Here's one of him talking about the deficits:
The Ever-Growing Federal Budget
Speaking out against National ID card:
Paul Denounces National ID Card
Medicare:
Republican Socialism
Of course Fox News won't allow any real republicans to get on TV and talk, so the good ones are forced to rely on the congressional records and weekly articles.
Sorry I just don't buy into the lesser of two evils thinking. I only vote for the best possible candidate I can find. No Gore in 08 for me.