Debra J. Saunders has an excellent article out today which goes down the laundry list of ways in which the conservative movement has been beating the Democrats at their own game. I was prepared to hate this article before I even started reading it because so many of these articles seem to simply be an excuse for the writers to bash conservatives who have principled opposition to John McCain. But Saunders makes an excellent defense for how much we have been able to accomplish just in the last few years.
Even with Bush heading into his final year in office he has been able to stick it to the democrats at every turn. And yet it seems that many conservatives are ready to ‘cut off there nose despite there face.’ I say openly that I don’t like John McCain. I think he is an arrogant, self-righteous man and if he ever got into my face I would explode like Mount St. Helens. I also believe that conservatives are going to be faced with a loss of power in a McCain presidency, because I do not see McCain backing down in the face of conservative opposition the way Bush did on Harriet Myers.
I’d say that we are stuck between the proverbial ‘rock and a hard place,’ but I think that would be stretching the truth somewhat. I believe that Clinton and Obama are so dangerous that we can not risk letting them get into office. The Supreme Court and Iran are just two issues that make it too important to allow democrats back into power. I believe that if we let the democrats regain control of the Presidency, especially while they still control Congress, we are going to see change that we can not even begin to imagine. Remember, these are the people, every single democrat presidential candidate, who said they have no problem with second graders being taught about Harry and Larry ramming each other in the caboose. To hear this and yet still believe the democrats when they say they oppose gay marriage is simply laughable on it’s face. My only hope is that the conservative movement comes to it’s senses and unites in the face of this threat. The alternative is simply too grave to even contemplate.
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Well this is an old blog post, but I found it randomly through Google so here’s a response in defense of Ron Paul’s position.
According to this article from Fox News - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85446,00.html
“…the presence of American forces here has long been an irritant for Saudi rulers facing strong anti-American sentiment among a growing and increasingly restive population. Fifteen of the 19 alleged Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudis, and Saudi-born Osama bin Laden cites the U.S. military presence in his homeland as a reason for his hatred of America.”
Even if our troops were there at the invitation of the Saudi government, it well-known that their government does not represent the will of the people. Apparently Bin Laden perceived our presence there as an occupation.
Also, Ron Paul votes against every appropriations bill. However, because his district is paying loads of taxes, just like every other district, it is Ron Paul’s duty to represent his constituents and try to get some of that money back in the form of earmarks. If Ron Paul did not submit the earmarks, that money, which has already been appropriated, would be taken by an earmark for another district or just spent without oversight by the Executive branch.