You have to stop listening to propaganda. The Great Depression was probably caused by the unstable U.S. dollar and banking system and the normal flow of economics. There are always high points and low points in economics because God chooses not to maintain a steady flow of resources or the general desire to purchase goods and services on the part of the people. A tariff war leads to inflation as the cost of goods increases and not to a depression. For reasons I do not know the people’s desire to purchase goods decreased thus collapsing the market and after that a number of other dominoes fell. The housing market is having the same problem now. Other markets constantly suffer likewise and some people make and lose money off that flow.

Look…let’s get down to brass tacks, here.

Y’all must see the resemblance between the losing Democratic strategy in ‘04 (Anyone but Bush!!!) and what you all are saying we conservatives MUST settle for today (Anyone but Hillary!!!)? It’s a losing proposition, people.

Merely voting AGAINST someone is not enough to win. Remember, Democrats don’t vote on principles, but conservatives DO. That means that the Repub nominee has to uphold and support the principles fundamental to the Republican core. Just fielding a candidate because he barely has an (R) after his name and then saying, “Hey, anybody is better than Hillary!” will not work on conservatives the way it did on the brain-dead Left.

None of the RINOs will win in ‘08 – especially not Giuliani, because he divides the party.

A divided Republican party will lose and the elites are more concerned right now with selling out their few remaining conservatives than uniting the party. Without Christians, 2nd Amendment groups, anti-illegal immigration groups, and social conservatives – none of whom will support Giuliani en masse – Repubs will lose. Nominating Giuliani guarantees it.

I’m so tired of being told that Giuliani is the only candidate that can win against Hillary. He’s being shoved down our throats. And he most certainly cannot win.

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths and depths people will go to to airbrush Giuliani. If you go back and compile the pundits’ excuses and explanations for Giuliani’s deficiencies as a candidate, it’s tiresome because there are so many.

Why even bother with him? He cannot win. I can’t believe he’s even gotten this much traction – except for the slavish media coverage he’s been gifted with. Think about it. Why has the MSM already anointed Giuliani already as the Repub nominee??? Anything the media wants is bound to be bad for the country. The media likes Giuliani because he is most like them. It’s just icing on the cake that his nomination guarantees Clinton’s win.

Consider recent history. Enough conservatives stayed home in ‘06 to turn both he House and the Senate over to the Democrats, so it’s quite LIKELY to happen again. The Repubs have alienated the conservatives for far too long and can’t count on their votes anymore. Now they’ll have to EARN them, and that’s not something they are willing to do. Giuliani will fail to inspire enough staunch conservatives to vote, and others will vote their conscience anyway – which won’t be for Giuliani, I can tell you.

I recently had an a hard-core water-carryin’ Repug smarmily tell me I have to vote for the Republican nominee no matter what – or it will be MY fault that Hillary gets elected President. After all, he said smugly:

“pragmatism is thy friend.”

Really? Because it rather reeks of compromise. I’d say PRINCIPLES are thy friend. That’s something the Repubs have forgotten. They paid for it in ‘06, and ‘08 will be a repeat, unless they return to the principles that brought the party together under Reagan. Believe it.

~Heidi

I agree the Democrats cant do anything about anything. But considering the Army has 500,000 troops and the USMC has 180,000 about 2/7ths of our forces are tied up there. Considering Iran has 65 million people and rough terrain. Pulling everyone back from Germany etc isn’t really a solution.

Don’t you get it? THEY DO NOT WANT A CONSERVATIVE ON ANY TICKET! They are only going to show us what THEY want us to see. They have manipulated many elections before, and I’m sick and tired of conservative pundits telling us that this is the way or that is the way things are done because this is the way it was always done that way before. SO WHAT?

Go to Go Hunter ‘08, and make up your own mind. We are NOT sheeple. We get to nominate who WE CHOOSE. Talk about choice! lol.

Remember, his son who is coming home from Afghanistan (on his 3rd tour) is running for his father’s seat in Congress: Duncan Hunter (I think).
Thank you.

You also said; “What happens if Iran attacked Israel? We don’t have the ground troops, their all deployed.”
Mike! First, “all” our troops are not deployed.
Second, Look at a map. Those that are deployed are strategically stationed between Iran and Israel and surrounding Iran!

If you want to bring the troops home, let’s start with bringing them home from Germany, N. Korea, Japan and KOSOVO.

Isolationism may have been an option about 200+ years ago when our enemies were roaming the waters in wooden ships.

Now we have Terrorist Nations trying to aquire nukes, and Paul wants the US to just sit on the up in the nose-bleed section, and idly watch the mass-destruction.

Earth to Mr. Paul, the world has become too small, and there is no nose-bleed section.

I don’t think Duncan Hunter wants them there for 20 years either. What happens if Iran attacked Israel? We don’t have the ground troops, their all deployed. Thats why that idiot Rudy talks about the nuclear option, were out of troops.

So one of 2 things to restore our reserve manpower to be able to deal with a threat. Get out of Iraq when the Iraqi Army can handle it. (which might be quite soon) Or we start the draft. The troops need our support, but once the job is done I don’t want a president like Rudy or Hillery keeping them there forever.

The most dangerous problem with Ron Paul – among many others – is that he does NOT understand the problems in the Middle East. He’s dangerously naive and we can’t trust a Commander-in-Chief who doesn’t understand the enemy.

Vote for
Duncan Hunter (solid conservative, honest, Pro war, but Democratic Congress.)
John Mccain (only one of the lesser evils id vote for.)
Mike Huckabee (new kind of Republican, Ill give him a shot)
Ron Paul. (Hes honest, hes smart, and the first thing he will do is limit the power of the executive branch, and in no way will congress go along with his small government ideas. Talk about veto city, the thought of Nancy Pelosi getting shot down on every democrat government expansion is quite nice.)

No chance in hell
Alan Keyes (no shot)
Tom Tancredo (he isn’t trying to win)

Probably sit home.
Fred Thompson (I just don’t know if I can trust him yet)
Mitt Romney (I know I cant trust him)

Vote 3rd Party
Rudy Julie-Annie (I forget who first called him that but its great)

Yes Id vote 3rd party if Rudy was our nominee He and Hillery are twins Pro war Pro Globalization/NAFTA Pro Abortion, both are rumored bisexuals (not as an election issue but their similar in everything, since none of the other 20ish candidates are rumored to be that way)and both are jerks. If I cant see one difference between the 2 I’m going to cast my vote for someone who I think is at least honest.