Any suggestions on who this Gipper of ‘08 might be?

Sounds more promising than a third Bush term followed by a third Clinton term!

I thought, at one time, the Gipper of 08 would be Governor Owen of Colorado; but when I seen that the Bush people had him change parts of the Republican Party plartform during the convention from anti-immigration stands to pro-immigration stands I knew he had been publicly emasculated. Owen has been one of the few sane voices in the Republican Party for immigration reform, and the Bush people knew this; which is why he was placed in the position he was put in. I will give Whore-Hay Abrusto this much credit: when it comes to illegalls, and Mexicans; he is as sharp as they come. He never, ever, puts their interests second to that of Americans. If it is not amnesty, then it’s work permits. If it’s not almost free social security, then it’s special trade deals. If this was a sane America; say in about the year 1959, Abrusto would be tried for treason.

Mr. Auster and Mr. Hagan are absolutely positively on the right track. (Since Mr. Auster’s absence, I have been engaged in NCAA football, to some extent. Yea BCS National Champions and this year, LSU:10-2, hopefully.) I have continued my efforts in contacting Congressmen and the President to urge immigration reform, and it has been fruitful. So please don’t give up. Your efforts are in reality extremely important although you will at first glance think they are not. So many soldiers have thought their tiny efforts were useless, but they were mistaken: Thermopolye, Stalingrad, Midway, etc.

The theory that a Kerry presidency could usher in a new Ronald Reagan is unjustifiably optimistic. A Kerry presidency will likely result in a significant deterioration of nationalism to say nothing of the cultural and moral erosion that his policies would promote. For example, it is likely that he would appoint Hillary Clinton as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in order to advance their agenda through judicial edicts. Moreover, after 4-8 years of Kerry, the cultural and ethnic shifts that will probably take place may make it impossible for anyone to the right of Ted Kennedy to win a national election.

I would remind Manny that those same cultural and ethnic shifts are taking place at this very moment under George W. Boilerplate. I would also point back to my column in November 2000 about Richard Cohen’s endorsement of Bush in the post-election crisis. Liberals should support Bush, Cohen said, because he was a moderate Republican who would bring unity to the country and would not threaten liberalism. I argued that Cohen took this position because he saw that a Gore victory would lead to a conservative revolution in this country.

“Cohen’s endorsement of Bush: What it really means”
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/11/27/91323.shtml

Bush has devastated conservatism on one issue after another, except for national defense, and even there it’s more rhetoric than reality. My gosh, even on homosexual marriage, Bush made a point last week of saying he supports homosexual civil unions and doesn’t agree with the conservative GOP platform! A Kerry victory produces at least the possibility of something of which there is NO possibility under Bush: a resurgence of conservatism—a conservatism liberated from the liberalizing influence of Bush.

I would like to remind everyone of the most like result if GWB is reelected. This would be Hillary Clinton’s election as President in 2008.

I sent Mr. Auster a note a while back predicting that a Kerry win would result in Hillary as Chief Justice of The Supreme Court, while if Bush won, Hillary would likely win the 2008 election. Guess what the GOP will be like after eight years of GWB?

When HC was “exploring” the NY Senate race, many “conservative” pundits said, “She won’t run.” The reason given was that HC wouldn’t leave her First Lady bubble for the rough and tumble of a campaign where she would face tough questioning.

Well, you saw what happened. HC was able to stay in the First Lady cocoon throughout the 2000 Senate race. She’s STILL in it. I suspect she woud stay in it if she runs for President in 2008. Mr. Auster has written of the mesmerizing effect that HC has. People keep boosting her, no matter what.

I believe things will be very bad for us if Bush is reelected. Yes, Kerry would be a horror, but he will provoke some reaction. Bush will gleefully do everything he can to remove any kind of conservatism from the GOP. He can push amnesty now without worrying about alienating supporters.

I agree with previous 2 postings by Mr. Auster and David. If Kerry wins conservatives will be motivated and some good may emerge in 2008. If Bush wins, it is up to conservatives, especially traditional conservatives, to cultivate and motivate Repububs on lower levels to stop Bush in Congress.

Is there any limit to Bush’s readiness to betray conservative positions? I have not found one. It amazes me that there has hardly been a peep of opposition to the apparent willingness of the Pentagon to put women in combat support units and effectively in combat in Iraq. Bush originally appointed a civilian commission that favored reversing the trend toward this. But he cannot bring himself to admit that the situation in Iraq is worse than predicted, or that he did not send enough troops in the first place, nor does he have the courage to call for a draft, even in the middle of a shooting war! That the nation is apparently tolerating this is far better reason for supposing it to be decadent than most of those proffered on the right. Why is even the right, even the anti-Bush right, silent about this?

Mr. Levine is, sadly, right. Not only has Bush left in place Clinton’s feminization program, he left the ridiculous “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy of Lord Hee-Haw standing as well. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are simply unprincipled exceptions to Bush’s liberalism. He betrayed the Christian pro-lifers as well.

After Bush took the time to boost the reprehensible Arlen Specter to squeak past the conservative Toomey in the PA primary, what does Specter do? Just yesterday, Specter announced he will block any pro-life Bush judicial nominees. Is Bush really so stupid he didn’t understand this fact? Or, is it worse - he knew it from the start and will just go out and spout boilerplate to rev up the legions of the clueless. Mr. Levine is correct, there is no conservative position he will not betray.

As I stated on another thread, my real fear about Kerry is that we’ll all be in Federal prison after he installs Jamie Gorelick as AG and the Hildebeast as chief justice. On the other hand, Bush is truly the opiate of the conservatives. It’s enough to make one start pulling his own hair and tearing his own garments.