Hatton, many of those points provide a great recipe for keeping the Democratic Party in power for the next 40 years. I think that it was the bible thumping extremists and those who had a for sale sign around their necks who ruined the Republican party of Eisenhower and Reagan.
> >> Problem is that you (and I'm guessing most of the rest that I post > >> counter to) *really* aren't going to like where we take the party. > > > > So in 3 or 5 bullets what would you the conservative principles are > > and/or the things conservatives have to do? > > Note that these are things that are being discussed to rebuild the > Republican party. > * Get rid of the RINOs. There are a lot of democrats that have taken > the R label because they know that's how they'll win the election. > * Realign the party leadership from the "moderate/liberal" group that > lost us the election (aka McCain) to a group that isn't willing to > trade party values for political points. > * Bring the Republican party into the 21st century... not just in > platform but in image maintenance and online presence. When I look > at > the debate images and candidate line-ups I can't help but be reminded > of the Kennedy/Nixon debate of 1960 > (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/kennedy-nixon/kennedy-nixon. > htm). > > There are actually something like 7 types of conservatives: > http://usconservatives.about. > com/od/typesofconservatives/What_Kind_of_Conservative_Are_You.htm > > What *I* would like to see happen: > * Line item veto. > * Lowering of legislative salaries and staff sizes. > * Cut aid to foreign countries who support terrorist groups. > * Cut subsidies to companies that do not have at least 60% of their > workforce based in the US. > * Provide funding for all forms of stem cell research, not just > embryonic*. > * Rebuild the Immigration system to allow more people that want to be > in the country legally to be here. Make the path to citizenship more > streamlined. > * Reverse the convictions of any border patrol or police personnel > who > were charged while properly executing their duties. > * At the state and local levels - Provide assistance for faith-based > organizations that are providing public assistance (food & clothing > banks, disaster recovery, etc). > * At the state level - Repeal laws and court rulings that allow for a > child (someone under the age of 18 according to current standards) to > have an abortion without notifying the parents. > * At the state level - Cut subsidies for organizations that provide > or > promote abortion. > * At the state level - Rebuild the welfare and other social > assistance > programs to train and equip participants to find and keep > self-sustaining jobs rather than create families three generations > deep that are dependent on the system. > > Oh, sorry, you wanted a few bullet points. I've cut it short > (there's > more that I could go on about) but I'm sure you've got enough ammo > now. Regarding the stem-cell research, I'll paste this in from a > friend of mine who's wife is going through cancer treatment: > > "A bone Marrow transplant is the process of regenerating a person > bone > marrow after damage. In Kerri's case is will be after a high dose of > Chemo therapy to hopefully put the Myeloma in remission. In the 'old > days' bone marrow was surgically removed from a bone and reinserted > after the chemotherapy. Today they can use Kerri's own stem cells in > a > process called 'Harvesting' which are them reintroduced after her > Chemo Therapy. > > The reintroduced stem cells will have no rejection because they are > her own. The high dose Chemo Therapy aside from reducing the cancer > will also wipe out her entire immune system and bone marrow. The stem > cells will re-graft to regenerate her entire immune system and bone > marrow. During the time that the stem cells are re-grafting she will > need to stay at Roswell Park. Even after words she will be VERY prone > to infection for some time." > > These are adult stem cells they're using, not embryonic. > Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279988 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
