At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference in Virginia, near Washington DC, a supporter of mine met and talked with an older man, a conservative from Connecticut wearing a Bush-Cheney sticker on his lapel. My supporter listed a number of my differences with President Bush --- that he has given us unconstitutional, big spending, debt-ridden Big Government and done a lot of other unconservative things.
Every time my supporter mentioned an unconservative, even un-Republican thing Mr. Bush has done, this man agreed, saying “I hear you.” But, he said, he was not about to vote for anybody other than Bush-Cheney.
This manÂ’s remedy for the unconservative, un-Republican things the President has done was to suggest that Mr. Bush and the Republicans be disciplined --- his word --- for their political heresy. But, who is to discipline them, he was asked, since these political heretics now control the Republican National Committee, the Congress and the White House?
The Bush-Cheney man said nothing.
The Bush-Cheney man also said that instead of voting for me, conservatives should try to take over the Republican Party. But, of course, this has been the argument of some people for more than 40 years. And where has it gotten us? Nowhere, basically. In fact, people calling themselves conservatives have taken over the Republican Party and they have given us the biggest Federal Government ever with the biggest budget deficits ever!
I tell you this story because thereÂ’s a moral here.
If youÂ’re a Constitutional, conservative Republican who knows in his heart that itÂ’s true that the Bush-Cheney Administration has given us anything BUT a Constitutional, conservative, Republican Federal Government --- and you vote to re-elect Bush-Cheney --- then you are NOT really a Constitutional, conservative Republican.
If you agree with my criticisms of the Bush-Cheney Administration, and say “I hear you,” but still vote for them, THEN YOU DO NOT HEAR ME.
The best, most effective way to discipline unconstitutional, unconservative, Republicans IS TO VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE!
And remember: You NEVER waste your vote when you vote for whatÂ’s right.