Posted by
Playful Walrus on Friday, August 18, 2006 2:56:58 PM
I'm a registered Republican. I've given money in the past. However, I am only going to continue to give if I like what I see in the party.
Here are just a few things I'm looking for:
1. Real border security. We need real border security for several reasons: a) to prevent terrorists from sneaking into the country; b) to prevent contraband from being brought into this country; c) to prevent diseases from coming into this country; and d) to stop the invasion of our country, and yes, it is an invasion, even if the invaders have a variety of different reasons for coming here. These are REAL problems. Offering citizenship to people who started off here by breaking the law is NOT going to encourage me to donate.
2. Appointing/confirming judges who believe they are there to interpret and apply the law, not make the law, and if the Democrats try some tactic to prevent this, you must call them out on it... loudly. This should help with the issue of protecting the right to life.
3. Hardball with terrorists, and I don't care if the whiners think that is mean. Enough said.
4. Fiscal restraint. You will NEVER spend your way to swaying all of those Democrats who live off of the government teat, so stop trying and return to a more Constitutional form of government. Stop creating/increasing spending for programs that aren't supposed to be the government's role to begin with, or aren't supposed to be the government's role at that level.
5. Real protection for marriage against counterfeiting. Yes, this is important. Marriage has already been attacked in so many ways... let's not allow a tiny minority of activists to impose a fundamental societal change on the rest of us. I will not settle for lip service on this issue.
If I don't see real, effective progress on these issues, I'm not going to donate, no matter how many times you call, no matter how much mail you send me.