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2006-11-06
OK now that I have your attention...

Firstly, I am NOT endorsing all the current Republican policies. I think that for the most part, Hastert has failed the Nation, has dragged the Republican Party over to Democrat-style spending and pork barrel politics -- and the he has abandoned the ideals which won the Republicans their majority 12 years go. That is why the Republican party is in such hot water in this election.

But the alternative is worse.

Never forget that we are in a war with Radical Islam that seeks nothing less than destruction of the USA and its ideals, and utter submission to Fundamentalist Islam and Sharia Law.

Now, with that in mind, ask yourself how well our troops will work with Chairman Alcee Hastings (impeached for Bribery!) controlling the Intelligence that supports them, and Socialist Waxman doing the budgeting, and that moral midget Murtha (un-indicted co-conspirator in ABSCAM!) determining what gets in and out of the defense committee, and Ultra-liberal anti-military Sheehan-chum Nanacy Pelosi steering the Congress that sets our policies. Imagine yourself having to defend the nation and put people's lives on the line, and imagine doing so depending for your "top cover", policy and fiscal support, upon people in Congress that hate you.

Honestly assess the situation, and consider which group leadership (R or D) is best for the security of the nation.

Now that you see the threat, you may wonder "What can I do?, my district is a safe one, so my campaigning doesn't make a difference at all either way".

Wrong. This year is different. You have No Excuses.

The GOP has a get out the vote at their GOP GOTV link (in plain-text below)

http://www.gop.com/NeighborToNeighbor/Signup.aspx?CampaignId=4

The 30 minute call program lets you reach out of your district, which may be hopeless or already locked-up, and call people where it counts. Missouri, for example, to keep Talent in and McCaskill out. Or any of the other "tossup" areas. Your 30 minutes can and will have a huge impact - remember the impact of large numbers. If you only generate one vote in your calls, that's enough, if we can get enough people calling.

And tonight is the last chance: throw 30 minutes of phone calls on tonight. Sign up NOW, don't wait! You're online if you're reading this so you do not have an excuse. And then do the calls this afternoon when you get home from work, or do it this evening while you're watching the Monday Night Football Game pre-show.

Come on folks is 30 minutes too high a price to ask compared to the price we all will pay for the next 2 years of retreat, defeat and impeachment?

The on Tuesday, Keep the Republican Congress in place, "hold your nose and vote"

As you volunteer, keep in mind the old saying "he may be a son of a bitch, but hes OUR son of a bitch".

One thing is for sure: if you get out there and make those calls, then those sons of bitches OWE YOU.

Take it personally, and collect on it.

If we can get the Republicans to stay in control of Congress, it will be mainly to the credit of the GOTV efforts. The way I'm thinking, they may end up wishing they hadn't after we keep chewing on them over the next 2 years.

All the people I have called on behalf of, in addition to the congresscritter I'm campaigning for, will hear the following and will get smacked with it until they do it:

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WIN THE WAR
Smack the president for fighting only half way. Tell him its time to lay the leather into it. Win this thing in Iraq and Afghanistan, and quit gimping around with the enablers of terrorism, Iran and Syria and North Korea.

SECURE THE BORDER
No excuses, don't screw around, worry about immigration policy later. Fix the border, build the fence NOW, staff and fund the border-patrol NOW.

STOP THE PORK
No secret holds, no earmarks, no bloated omnibus budget bills. Submit your budget items with a name attached to them, out in the open, and let us see them at least 5 working days before you vote on them. Make a shopping list. Don't act like we have to buy the 7 million dollar bridge to nowhere in order to get rifles for our troops! Put the items out there INDIVIDUALLY, and put your name on it. Its our damn money, and if you can't put you name by the spending, then that's a clear indication that you are spending it on the wrong thing! Plus it gives the office of the president back the veto power he was intended to have.

CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION
First, No revolving door to K-Street: Anyone that serves in Congress is BARRED PERMANENTLY from lobbying it. PERIOD. Next, if you fix the budgeting process, the corruption issues will clean themselves up. But in the meanwhile, make hard rules. If you are seen to have improperly interacted with a lobbyist, or get popped with $90,000 in your freezer, you are suspended. No votes needed, sorry - yer outta there until your are cleared. The state governor will appoint a temporary replacement until you resign or are exonerated.

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My candidate loves the work I'm doing, but he and the others are going to scream when it comes time to pay me and the other people who helped them get into office.

Too bad. And the funny thing is, I will be doing this regardless of who wins. Its just that if the Republicans win, I will have more pull because THEY OWE ME.

So sign up, at the GOP GOTV, and put your personal leash on the Republicans - get them into office, and amplify your voice.

Its simple, easy and you have no excuse since you are online reading this now. Take time sign up now, and take 30 minutes later to make some calls; Get the Republicans into control of the Congress, and get them in your debt at the same time. And collect that debt later, big time.

You have no excuses - and time is running out.

And no, I will not kick your ass if you don't sign up and call, heh. Nancy Pelois will administer the punishment to the whole nation instead.
Posted by:OldSpook

#11  CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION
First, No revolving door to K-Street: Anyone that serves in Congress is BARRED PERMANENTLY from lobbying it. PERIOD. Next, if you fix the budgeting process, the corruption issues will clean themselves up. But in the meanwhile, make hard rules. If you are seen to have improperly interacted with a lobbyist, or get popped with $90,000 in your freezer, you are suspended. No votes needed, sorry - yer outta there until your are cleared. The state governor will appoint a temporary replacement until you resign or are exonerated.


Good, but not good enough. Use it to start with then escalate. ALL lobbyists must be banned. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Bupkus. Not a one of them. Buying influence must no longer be shielded by freedom of speech. It is destroying our country's political system.

If influence can be bought, it will be peddled by those who can be bought.

End of story. Our politicians are too damn obsessed with re-election to be immune to money held out by special interests. Soft money (PAC) should probably be prohibited as well. If a company wants legislation passed, it can go to its employees and the surrounding community to explain why enacting such a measure or law would be good for the locals. It can ask for (not demand) their vote and hope for the best.

No more going with suitcases full of cash to buy lawmakers. This is happening on both sides of the aisle and it is destroying America. If you want to know why voter turnout is so low and public opinion of politicians can only be expressed using negative numbers, this is one of the big reasons why.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-11-06 19:52  

#10  Mojo, its not the muscles, its the training. You'd never see me, and more's the pity, because you'd miss seeing the "gotcha" grin on my face. The fact that I've live to be an OLD spook should tell you a few things. *grin*

FYI, the GOTV site is running a bit slow and running behind on its responses, hopefully from heavy demand by volunteers, not Desperate Dem hackers.

If you cannot get thru on the web, try calling your state Repub Party office - google for it. they can help. Maybe even in Mass.

Off to man the barricades, oops, I mean Phone Bank. We got a race to win here!
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-06 17:00  

#9  Kick MY ass? Ha! It is to laugh.

Come get some, biatch.
Posted by: mojo   2006-11-06 16:11  

#8  Reading OS today I don't hear the voice of a Drill Sgt. I hear the voice of an old school Jesuit priest.

Old School Catholic Guilt is a power unto itself.

I'm making some telephone calls.

I'll go so far as to drive my mother in law to the polls tomorrow. (But I don't have to like it.)
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-11-06 16:01  

#7  get in the primaries. thats where our revenge start hitting their complacent pork-fed fat asses.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-06 14:59  

#6  There is no "next time" left for them

There's always a 'next time' for me unless the Reps platform and policies become more unadulturatedly evil than the donks. Considering how far the donks have sunk into the filth, that won't be anytime soon, despite the Reps recent disappointing performance.

I see alot of nose-holding in my future.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-11-06 14:53  

#5  Interesting takes on this election form other blogs:

Any "Dems Win" result will be harped upon for what it clearly isn't: the great success of liberal ideas; instead, it's largely conservative distaste for elected Republicans that will drive them from office.

Politically speaking, victory would be a tar-baby.

The nation's tasks and image facing the Democrats will remain daunting; it will go from bully/cowboy to cut-n-run/coward, destroying what respect other might have remaining for the US. From disliked but feared, to a laughingstock is not a legacy the Demcrats will cherish, but its the one they will find themselves with. Either that or they turn back on their left/netroots.

absentee ballots are thus far tracking favorably for Republicans and that the get-out-the-vote program is proceeding as strongly as ever.

Like I said, interesting.

Make your voice known - and call others to get out there and VOTE!

And then be sure to call the GOP back, and tell them they OWE YOU and they better damn well pay up. There is no "next time" left for them.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-06 14:23  

#4  OS: Sign up and call or I'll kick your ass!

Yes Sir!!

»:-)
Posted by: RD   2006-11-06 13:27  

#3  For the next 24 hours you are not called OS round these parts, your new name is Drill SGT OldSpook! Fayetteville will never be the same!
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-11-06 12:26  

#2  1) Continue appointing ocionservative judges
2) Cut the non-military budget
3) Increase military spending
4) Sane immigation policies even if it means increasing quotas for Mexican immigration
5) Sedition and treason trials for those who speak out in favor of the enemy, including then pres

I gotta tell you if the right pulls this one out I am going after the media for their perfidy and treason.
Posted by: badanov   2006-11-06 11:44  

#1  You got my partial list and there are additional things like tax policy, immigration, and on the senate, Judges - but the ones above are the most important for the house and thats the most important area.

What tribute do the Jolly Rodger band of Rantburger's have upon a Congress that owes its position to us?

After you make your 30 miinutes of calls tonight (putting on my best Drill Sgt Voice: And you will> make those calls trooper)...

What will you demand of the Republicans if they win?

How will you go about making your demands known - and hammering them until they give in?

What methods can you use to get to the Dems with the same things if the Dems win?

It'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out - but hopefully the Republican Party that emerges will be more like '94 (minus the impeachment distractions) than the do-nothings of '04.

What say you?
Posted by: Oldspook   2006-11-06 11:22  

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