Dear Bob,

It pains me to have to agree with too many of your points. As a life long Republican I am very
disappointed by the fiscal actions of the Republican Congress. We need to return to the fiscal
policy of reducing Fed Government spending. The new Democratic Party of Change would not
return us to that situation and sadly would just continue to protect their self interests and try
to redistribute money. I certainly understand your glee in seeing the Republicans swinging
in their self created wind but probably when the Democratic Party gains more power NOTHING
will change, only the faces of the players. I assume you are a big boy and understand how
things work with the big government types running the nation. You would have to agree that
the only things that change in Washington are the special interests that groups that are in power.
Thanks for you time and must add i’m not a big money person. My wife and I both work and
make under $100,000 a year.

Well said, Bob. Happy 4th to you and yours.

Cry us a river Bob!! Angry…do you ever review a video of yourself after one of your appearances on the TV programs you appear on? You look like a prune soaked overnight in lemon juice. Anger…the smoke always rising from you temple says you are beyond anger…you are into hatred Bob. Don’t worry….the Republicans plus the “Demccains” will take you out of your misery this fall.

Bob…maybe the Democrats can win if they can finally get legislation passed that will allow convicted felons to register and vote in the elction this fall….What do the Democrats call them…”Obamacons”?

Dearest Bob,

Perhaps you might want to read the following: “Bush’s Third Term”, WSJ, July 2, 2008, pg. A12 Sounds like the facts to me.

Well said…. too much vitirol and not enough thoughful comment from both sides.

Still don’t like your liberal agenda.

Bob i am sorry you got your feelings hurt, but we the people are going to have a big hurt put on us if Obama get in!!!!!! SO do you get it? We Americans are just now starting our engins you haven’t seen nothing yet. !!!!!!!!! You better have thicker skin then that or you won’t make it Bob,so take care of your self see how nice i am being? The American people can take it over from here.OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD, OUR STRENGTH WILL PULL US TOGETHER AS A NATION AND WE WILL MOVE TOGETHER !!!!!!!!!

Bob,

The venom spewed by the right directed at you is a response to the hatred and divisiveness that has come from left loonies ever since ya’ll got up in arms over the defense of slick willy. You opened the door and you got what you asked for! You had it coming!

To: Mr. Beckel
From: A Conservative Clergyman
As a Conservative Protestant (Baptist) pastor I think you would be well served to not bring ANY members of the clergy into this discussion. Your problem is with Republican leaders, not with men who preach the Word of God. I know that there have been a few ministers who have made it hard to tell who is doing it for God’s glory and not for personal gain, nevertheless I think in the future your criticism of conservatives should stay in the political realm. Other than that you have every right to state your opinion however you’d like. And I will even tell you what I tell my congregation when we talk of weighty things concerning the Scripture,” Feel free to disagree with me if you have no qualms of being wrong.” Your opinions don’t offend or scare me Mr. Beckel so I really don’t care how bad you trash Republicans, clergymen, or whomever else upsets your political world. But the truth is your side will not win the White House this year because once again the Democratic party has chosen to represent itself a totally unfit, unqualified, and insipid candidate. Granted your party may win both houses of Congress and may come very close to a 60-40 majority in the Senate, but in no way will the Electoral College put before the American people the freshman Senator of Illinois to be their Commander-in-Chief. Thank you for your piece Mr. Beckel you liberals are at least always worth a good chuckle.

May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!

I made it to the 2nd paragraph. You truly are brain dead, arent you? Just how long have you been cluless (Read Freaking Lib)?

Frank Pytel

Bob,
I am so proud of how you have evolved into a common-sense, level-headed commentator! I remember a few years back thinking that you were a hot-headed democrat who forced comments on listeners without truly hearing the rebutal. Your debated issues and input are really great to listen to - and I’m a strong conservative!

As far as us hard-working conservatives think, I believe that many of us out here really ARE tired of our own leaders, as well as the democratic standouts. But a great difference exists between conservatives and liberals out here in society - we place high value on morals over money (we would never take money over morals). While many conservatives have a sense that liberals would give up morals for easy money, we conservatives believe in hard work and never giving up strong morals and values. Yes, we are disappointed that top Republican (as well as Democratic) leaders fall short of the morals we hold so dear, and the fate of society seems to rest in the dangers of lacking morals and values for our children and those adults who should show responsibility for their upbringing.

When a strong, moral leader stands out to all Americans as someone who will use little money from us as possible to do great things for our country, I think all of us will cheer him or her on as the leader of the greatest country on earth! When our government becomes a governing body instead of a business, I think conservatives will gain trust in our leaders again, for it is their responsibility to speak for us after hearing us, not the other way around.

Thanks again for being such a great commentator for reason and thinking. Good luck to you!

Yes, the Republicans have screwed the conservative base and the fact the the Republican nominee is John McCain is proof that the Party has lost its way. However, Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress can and will do far more harm to this country and that scares the “H” out of me more than a McCain presidency ever could. Sorry to disappoint you, Bob, but this registered Independent will be voting for McCain come November.

Thank you for your commentary. I was raised by an extremely liberal mother who taught me that the republicans were, “the loyal opposition”. After I left home, I became one of them, and a conservative as well. Yes the rampant pork barrel politics of the current republicans in Congress is appalling. I’d give the war more credit for the deficit than any liberals ever seem to give. We can agree on the problems but we never seem to agree on the solutions. I believe that government is not the solution. For example….

I live in Iowa. We recently experienced flooding and tornados. We all pitched in and fixed and are still fixing up in the wake of it all. We relocated families. We replaced ruined furnishings. We came together and dealt with it. Maybe it is in our midwestern culture to deal with what comes our way rather than sit back and wait for government to do something. Liberals want more trailers and more FEMA workers and more taxes to pay for it all. I do not. Oh yes, the FEMA trailers will arrive from New Orleans in a couple of weeks.

I also give over 10% of my income to charity each year. I think I can decide who to give support to and who will just waste it. I believe you can too. However, liberals do not think Americans are smart enough to do that and so they legislate and mandate altruism into the society. We must give welfare to those who will not work. We must pay for things like closed captions on liberal PBS programming through tax dollars (closed captioning is something that is paid for in Iowa largely by local sponsorships, not taxes). There is simply no end to worthy causes. Just don’t force us to pay for your worthy causes. Let each American decide for themselves what those causes are.

So have a great Independence Day holiday. You are still a member of the loyal oppopsition. And your politics are still wrong.

For a columnist at a national news broadcaster, Mr. Beckel has an awfully weak understanding of the difference between a Republican and a Conservative. He might also want to do a google search on the relationship between tax rates and government revenue from taxes. And while he’s at it, he might want to come to grips with the fact that GLOBAL warming is a GLOBAL issue, and any legislation that is passed in this country to help solve the theoretical problem isn’t going to make a shred of difference in the long term. It might ruin us financially in the short term, but long term we’re all pretty much going to have to deal with the consequences of a warmer earth if the predictions are correct.

Apparently the Democrats might as well break out the champagne now. It would appear as though things are a lock for Mr. Obama according to this story.

Mr. Beckel,
In response to you.
1. That surplus sounds great, but we were not at war during the Clinton ere, even though we were attacked several times during his time as President. Remember, the Clinton administration had huge military cutbacks and then Blame Bush for not the soldiers not having the correct equipment to fight a war when he was only President for 9 months when we got attacked. Wake up.
2. The tax increase, I am no close to being that 5% that would get taxed, but to make people that make that kind of money give almost 50% to taxes, is just not right. We have a lot of smart people in congress, is that the only plan you liberals can come up with. That 5% of the population can fund the war?
3.Lets blame all conservative family values on a few bad apples. The decline of family values has proven to be a huge problem in the U.S.
4. Neither side of the isle has shown good restraint on Pork Spending. The Democrats are just as guilty, so don’t sit there and say its only the Republicans. Both are at fault.
5. Every country all believed that Iraq was a threat and had WMD’s. If you had actual proof that the VP misled the American people on purpose, then the liberal media would have been all over it and he would be booted out. If he did mislead us, then he needs to be in jail, but no one can prove it. I wonder why, since you liberals love him so much.
6. Why don’t you explain the reason Bush vetoed the bill for health insurance. That is a dirty liberal trick to say that.
7. Congratulations, there is Global warming, you win.
I have no doubt you are a patriot. But please put all of the facts out there for the people, not just the parts that only show one side.
Republicans and Democrats have failed the American people. I believe that most of congress (not all) are out for personal gain instead of what is best for the American people.
If you believe in God, how do you think He would feel about the liberal views ie. abortion, gay marriage etc.
SSG Daniel, Philip

Bob,
Since when does an opinion piece become fact? Where are your facts? The tax cuts have led to record income to the US Treasury. Man made global warming is only a theory, not irrefutable fact, it’s called cyclical global temperature change and it is currently on the downside. That means it’s cooling, Bob.

Please, illuminate us with your intelligent use of facts, not liberal, left leaning rhetoric designed to incite panic and fear. Just the facts, Bob.

Thank you, Mr. Beckel, after reading this comment and then re-reading it, I understand why I change the channel when you are on.

While I hate to agree with a Liberal, Mr. Beckel is correct, in part. New leadership is needed in the Conservative ranks, leadership that is focused on the basic tenets of Conservative thought and action.

One thing I disagree with is his talking about President Bush as a Conservative. He is not, and for the very reasons Mr. Beckel states. He has been fiscally irresponsible to an astounding degree. I support the tax cuts, but without a corresponding decrease in spending, they have been for naught.

At this point, pointing fingers at any members of any specific group for not living up to their espoused family values is ridiculous. Democrats, Republicans, clergy, etc. - we have seen failings in all of them. We all try to live our lives as best we can, and we all make mistakes. To use those mistakes to indict an entire group, as Mr. Beckel seems to be doing (Larry Craig is bad. Mr. Craig is a Republican. Therefore, all Republicans are bad.), would seem to me to be the definition of a slippery slope argument, and should have no place in any discourse.

I’d like to make on final point, just so I don’t go on forever. I do not agree with the term “Commie” being thrown around by anyone. However, the Democratic platform seems to be built on government control of more and more of our lives and our economy - “windfall corporate taxes”, “universal health care”, “cap and trade on carbon emissions”, “tax the rich to help the poor”, “regulate this and regulate that”. Is this not how the USSR was governed - the government controlled it all?

I am a Conservative. What that means to me is that the government protects me from those who wish me harm, domestic or foreign, and then it gets out of my way so I can pursue a better life for myself and my family. It’s that simple. I believe that is what America was founded upon, and it is what has made us into the greatest nation on earth.

Bob,
Unfortunately, in a forum like this one, you’re going to be a lightning rod for people who would rather vent their spleen at you than have any sort of reasonable discourse. It would be nice if people would learn a lesson my mother taught me long ago: “If you don’t have anything constructive to say, keep it to yourself”.

To all those (left, right, center, or whatever) who name call, or fling insults, don’t you realize that you undermine any valid points you may want to make by doing these things? All they show of you is either immaturity or insecurity in your position, and people will likely not take you seriously. To be part of a rational discourse, you need to be RATIONAL. Passion is fine, but we should respect other people’s right to their opinion. You never know, you might learn something from someone who holds an opposite view that could help solve some of the problems we face TOGETHER as a nation. (Note I didn’t say you had to agree with them).

Bob: enjoy your 4th of July, and God bless you too. (and also to all those out there, even the name callers).

Bob, conservatives are angry with your posts because the truth hurts. They prefer to blaim other people for their problems (i.e. liberals) instead of their elected Republican leaders who betrayed the conservative movement. If conservatives had any backbone at all, they’d leave the Republican party and support Bob Barr for President. He’s the true conservative in this election, but most of these so-called “conservatives” will support John McCain anyway. Maybe, they got what they deserved.

Hey Bob, want a little cheese with that whine?

I would bring one point about deficits. Most social program which are what is really bankrupting this country are decended from the “great society” aka communism in America. If you are going to go into history, you better go back to the root cause, and who caused it - Democrats.

Bob
I strongly disagree with and condemn the use of the phrases “idiot”, “commie” and “screw you” that punctuated the responses to your last article. As a conservative I am embarrassed by them. I do, however take exception to your use of the word “hating” to describe how you and your side are viewed by conservatives, as if we are the only people who suffer from this personality flaw. Your political party has also demonstrated an extreme hatred of the Bush Administration and all those associated with it. Indeed, your own words condemn you personally, Bob. ” Bush’s narcissism and self centered personality flaws is borderline psychotic” and the use of the term “Flat Earth Society” just proves that you are hoist on your own petard. The anger and hatred are palpable in your columns and the “na na na na na” tone in this column does not put you in a favorable light. When we as conservatives and liberals discover that we need each other (and indeed, as you say, like each other) and are benefited by the contrasting viewpoints we will begin to make this country what it should be. Until such time that we can sit across the aisle and understand the good points of each others’ arguments we will never be truly great. So, may I ask on this most patriotic of holidays, that both conservatives and liberals stop the hate and work together to remake the United States of America the beacon of hope and freedom that we were in past years. And to you Bob, Happy 4th of July and God Bless you and all those you love.

Wow! I have no clue how you ever made it into the public arena. I will definitely be sending a letter to Fox News regarding your pathetic contributions. I use contribution very loosely. You are a liberal strategist. Not a journalist. By the way, your writing reflects this grandly. You act like your so called reasons for leaving the GOP are new. Did you take them directly from the DNC playbook? Or are they paying you to disperse this propanganda? Karl Rove may be a partisan strategist as well. At least he is original. However, you and your failed liberal ideals are not.

I’ll start off with “I’m a conservative”. But I will concede your first five points. Point taken. But on six and seven I have some questions or arguments.

6. I was (at least in my head) up to speed with the decision to veto the healthcare deal. One of the reasons (again, it was my understanding) it was vetoed was that it was far too broad to be realistic. I make a decent wage, far more than some of my friends (I’m still not “wealthy), but I think covering a kid whose parents make $75k a year is a bit absurd. Let’s cover the kids in poverty, but let the well-off cover their own children. I don’t want to pay for someone’s kid when that kid’s parents make more than I do.

7. I am an engineer by trade and have an issue with Global Warming. The problem I have with global warming is the lack of reliable evidence. You show me one “reliable” scientist raving about the effects of global warming, and I’ll show you one “reliable” scientist who claims beyond a shadow of a doubt it isn’t really happening. I am a fan of science, not politics, and I have yet to see reliable definitive proof of global warming.

I was not one of the people that posted on your last entry and although I do disagree with some of your comments, I respect and encourage entries like these help to bring current issues to the forefront.

I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past. I always reject someone who is too conservative or too liberal. Obama is too far to the right for me. I do not consider McCain to be conservative, I find him to be close to the middle which works for me.

Right on Bob! The Republicans always howl that there is a bias in the media against them, yet turn a blind eye when their own media surrogates distort what is said by Democrats. The latest proof is their distortion of what Wesley Clark said. Clark never denigrated McCain’s service, just pointed out that his war experience in and of itself was not executive training for the top office in the country.

I agree with what you are getting at. People are just so much more rude when they are safe behind their computer monitors. I’ve seen it from all sides too. People act like little babies when they think they are safe from repurcussions for their actions. But it just degrades that oposite viewpoint in the mind of the person being attacked. then they will go off and spread that hatred around to their friends and it will just keep getting worse. Time to grow up and show some respect for others! I may not agree with your views but hey, I dont have too. But I’m not going to smash mine into your face either.

So you are suggesting that we move from being a conservative nation

And become an Obama-Nation?

Ok so let’s look at this:
1. Conservatives are supposed to be fiscally responsible yet when your crowd inherited a trillion-dollar surplus from Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney and a Republican Congress turned it into a $3-trillion-dollar deficit.
Hmmm, outright LIE!
2. Conservatives strongly support the war in Iraq but won’t help pay for it. Never has our country been at war without asking and getting our citizens to help bear the financial burden…until this war. Conservatives don’t want to give up Bush’s tax cuts for the top 5% of wage earners to help pay for this war. Why?
Why don’t the left wing liberals running Congress CUT SPENDING? Image that, not bribing the libs special interest groups for votes.
3. The American people got tired of being lectured on “family values” by conservative clergy and Republican members of Congress, e.g. Larry Craig, who didn’t practice what they preached.
Oh and Barney Frank and Kennedy are prime examples of what?
4. Or maybe the voters got tired of Republicans controlling the US House of Representatives for 12 years during which they handed out more wasteful pork projects than all the pork handed out by Democrats in the 42 years preceding the GOP takeover.
LIE!
5. Or maybe voters got angry when they learned the Vice President of the United States manipulated intelligence and misled the American people on why war with Iraq was in our national security interests.
I thought the CIA did intell? And your former corrupt Pres Klinton lied about the same thing then.
6. Or maybe the public didn’t like George Bush vetoing legislation to provide health insurance for millions of kids.
Good for him, this whole bill was nothing but a LIE anyways, there are already programs out there for this, but you liberals want to give more away to your special interest groups to buy votes.
7. Or maybe the public got embarrassed by Republicans in the Bush Administration who refused, in the face of overwhelming evidence, to accept the reality of global warming, aka “The Flat Earth Society”.
And you tree hugging Al Gore liars can’t accept the face that there is overwhelming evidence that disputs all you liars say.
You should pull your head out of your A#@, you are so blinded by the fact that Americans don’t want a Gov’t to do everything for us and we don’t support your liberal ways.

Mr. Beckel,

The Republicans and Democrats (all politicians) are responsible for the state of the country. Everyone of them will say whatever it takes to get a vote or to line their pockets. Have a nice day.

Wasn’t Beckel in charge of Walter Mondale’s presdiential campaign, in which Mondale wone only one state? (and the DC)

I guess FOX is the only place he could find employment.

Bob, I like you. I even voted for your old boss. As a former Democrat and now conservative most of your points are right on. The Republican leadership or lack of it is the reason for the dissatisfaction with Republicans and the Democrat gains. However the problem for liberals is a complete sweep will be the worse thing for you. After four years of complete control and implementation of tax increases, spending, no drilling, etc the American public won’t elect another Democrat majority for many years. When someone is successful they are considered rich by the Democrats and must be punished. Most of us aren’t rich. We are just playing by the rules, covering our own costs of our family, and trying to save for retirement. Although I had always agreed the war was a mistake, now losing would be worse which is what Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, with a Democrat President, would have given us. Be careful what you liberals wish for, you may just get it. Unfortunately so will the rest of us.

Hey Bob,

Love watching you on Fox. You’re a great American.

I just want to disagree with you on two things. First, the Bush Administration and a lot of Republicans in Congress are *NOT* Conservatives. I trust you will value your integrity and ensure you do not label them as such. This is also the main reason the Democrats may score large wins this election year - Conservatives do not feel they have a Conservative candidate to vote for (this is by no means an attack on Sen McCain - a man I truly respect and admire for his many years of service to our Country). Second, the surplus President Clinton had was primarily due to the Republican Congress at that time. Yes, we are now in deficit spending but I believe a good part of it is due to the war. Should we look at cutting other programs to finance our part of this current World War? I think so.

One last note: historically, whether it was a Democrat president (Kennedy) or a Republican president (Reagan), whenever tax rates are lowered, the amount of tax revenues coming in to the Country’s coffers has risen. So those tax cuts (which did not just go to the top 5% by the way) are a good thing - not a bad thing. It’s Congress (Democrats *AND* Republicans) that are to blame for spending more than is taken in.

Keep up the fight and stay respectful and I’ll be a fan even from the ‘other side’.

Will Eckrich

Mr. Beckel,

There is plenty of blame to go around. However, I think when history looks back at our time, a lot of President Bush’s policies will be vindicated.

You have every right to disagree but please use arguements that have been proven instead of promoting leftist propaganda. President Bush and the GOP are not the devil nor are the Dems. They are people with different ways of looking at our world and hopefully the voters will help whoever the party is that is in control to hear what we want to see happen in this great country of ours.

God Bless!

ohhh beckel … i almost forgot, since we were talking about arrogance, when youre on tv you come across way arrogant, and i hate to say it, but even more arrogant than bo. imagine that.

one other thought, all of your “dont you republicans wish you had better leaders” comments, the dems could surely weed out a few of your own… start with pelosi reed finestien, and boxer if you dont mind.
and find some one better than bo to suport for president.

It is rather amusing to see a spokesman from the Left get outraged by the “hate” from the Right. Just where does one suppose they learned such visceral retort. For the last 7+ years Americans far and wide have been bombarded with Bush Derangement Syndrome from the Left. The Left and their MSM partners have been completely disrespecting our military all the while proclaiming their own patriotism. The Right has been going to school on the mannerisms of the Left and are fully prepaired to respond “in kind” to the vitriol that has been gushing from the Left for so long. Even if Mr. Obama was the “Messiah” Mr. Beckel and so many on the Left proclaim, it is still not going to prevent his “crucifixion” by those who find his Marxist/Socilist policies totally unacceptable.

The left cannot with a straight face accuse the Republican leadership of being at the root of the polarized divisiveness that exists in this country since that leadership morphed into typical Liberals right before our very eyes. No, the Left can take full credit for the conflict that is coming. They set the ground rules and now they will reap the consequences. In your heart of hearts Mr. Lefty, you know you hate America regardless of your proclamations to the contrary. I know patriots Mr. Beckel and you are not fit to tie their shoes.

A typical liberal always confuses a conservatives and Republicans. Republicans messed up the advantage a conservative agenda earned them. The conservative agenda will make its way back to the top, even if we have to cut the republicans loose.

Dear Bob,
I must agree with many of your points. However, this is one citizen that does not believe that the government owes the people health care. I am proud that the national health care plan did not pass, that is a personal responsibility.

I am now a Republcian, but when the democratic party put bill clinton up for President, I quickly changed parties. I will not go into the reasons except to say I beleve he is the same as jane fonda and should have been charged with treason.

I earn less than $50,000 per year and fully support the tax cuts. Everyone should pay the same percentage no matter how much they earn. Why punish success with more taxes??

And yes we do need real leadership in government, but not the ones running now. We also need new people in Congress. 13% approval rating?? Give me a break.

God Bless America

Bob Beckel, you have been a joke for years and you just get funnier with age. It never changes with you liberals, always more of the same.

I am a conservative and a lot you say is true in this article. The fact is the repulican party has forgotten its consrvative principles. They need to be corrected but I don’t believe “over correction” is the answer either.

As far as global warming is concerned, that has been happening since the last ice age ended, no matter what party was in control.

Keep your opinions coming, if only one side of the argument is presented there will never be any rational decisions made.

Respectivley,

Bill Kallsten

Obviously if anyone else actually takes the time to read the comments posted so far they will see that they prove your point. Unfortunately Obama was 100% correct about people being angry and clinging to religion and guns.

I am a registered Democrat. I am not a Bush lover, nor a true conservative. What I am is a Democrat hater. I voted for Al Gore. That was the last time I voted for a Democrat. I became so disgusted by that Hollywood crowd in the years after that first fateful election and not one Democrat said ‘boo’. How could they, since they were screeching louder than the so-called stars. I have never before heard such BS. I thought I was a Liberal. My ex-husband called laughingly called me a bleeding-heart Liberal for years. Well, I guess I’m not after all. I didn’t leave the party. The party left me. I have no desire to be a part of what’s been going on. I will not vote for a Democrat ever again. Can I stick to that? Oh, yeah! NBC left my life after that William Arkin debacle. I have not watched one minute of any show on any NBC station in 16 months. So, yeah, I think I can stick to not voting for any Democrat!
Dianne Johnson
Milledgeville, GA

There is a big difference in a conservative and a Repuplican….right now I don’t see a dimes worth of difference btween a demo and a repub…yeah…I try to listen to you on Fox, but I usually change the channel…you need to stay on CNN or MSNBC or just stay at home….you are the architect of the super delegate debachal(sp)….you make my brain hurt…

It’s not going to be a liberal agenda that wins. Liberalism has been continually rejected by the majority of Americans. To win the Presidency liberals have found they must move to the right or not stand a chance of winning. They know that and that is exactly what Obama is doing now.

“Conservatives are supposed to be fiscally responsible yet when your crowd inherited a trillion-dollar surplus from Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney and a Republican Congress turned it into a $3-trillion-dollar deficit”

Can we talk facts, please. The deficit came because of 9/11. That day caused the stock market to tumble to almost crash. People were laid off, 401k diminished in value, etc., etc.

What happened is simple Economics 101: When the economy falters, the federal government spends and overspends to generate jobs and work opportunities for businesses to keep the economy going. It’s an economic tradition started by FDR in the Depression Era. The economy was busted and the government spent into deficit to get things going.

Don’t let liberal opponents scare you with this lie. They know it’s true but say it because they like the way it sounds. 9/11 put a HUGE dent in our economy.

THAT’S WHAT OPEC IS TRYING TO DO NOW WITH OIL!!!! They’re doing it to manipulate our elections. Because we’ve shown so little backbone over Iraq, they calculated that high oil prices would send us over the edge and have us running to elect someone with less resolve than Bush.

Muslims in the Middle East want to crush us and confuse us- divide and conquer. We Americans need to stick together and find creative solutions to the problems of our economy.

We need to develop alternative energy as fast as we can without diminishing the value of gas-powered vehicles too quickly. The negative equity loans would hurt the economy.

We need to DRILL! In case we forget, most of our PLASTICS are petroleum products. Even if we move away from petroleum for fuel, we still need it for important plastic products, especially medical equipment that saves lives. We drill in ANWR and off-shore to ensure we have enough for fuel and plastic products.

Let’s slowly but strategically build nuclear plants. We need energy for all our electronic widgets and maybe for electronic cars. I strongly suggest we begin curbing our hunger for gadgetry. Most of the time, they’re unnecessary. Think of the money saved on not buying every new thing that hits the market. We could the power for more important things.

Mr. Beckel, you side will not win because of one important fact. Yours is the party of “No, you can’t.” You can’t drill. You shouldn’t drive to work. You shouldn’t think like that. You can’t say that. You shouldn’t buy that. You shouldn’t wear that. You shouldn’t eat that.

Your party is like a nagging mother, always correcting and telling you what to do. Until your party comes of with solutions AND the plan to get it done, you have nothing to offer.

I don’t hate your side. I just your side stopping more things than they start. Get’er done or get lost!!!!

Yes Bob.
Conservatives ARE very angry right now. I grew up an angry conservative myself, now I’m a liberal.
The conservatives seem to foam at the mouth everytime someone mentions of Sen. Barack Obama!
Barack Obama! Barack Obama! Barack Obama! Barack Obama! Barack Obama!

In regards to taxes, no joke! Where is the responsibility? Many are voting for their pocket books, and against their country. Ok conservatives, when would be a good time for this country to increase taxes? Never? Oh, you would like taxes to go lower! What a grand idea, that’ll save us money!
At least when Democrats increase spending, they realize the need to increase revenues.
“Supply-side economics” is bull and will eventually ruin this country.

I think your comments are worthy of your position as a democratic Strategist. I myself would have said much the same and I would like to offer apology for statements made against you or towards you. These sort of remarks should be thought not published. I actually believe most of these remarks were by non republicans but I hesitate saying who they were from since I do not know. Some people are idiots and open the front of their faces due to having no brains.

Mr. Beckle,
I can’t speak for anyone but myself…it is certainly ineffective when people use emotion to get their points across…my experience is that has been the left’s most effective tool in duping the American pulic. That aside, neither candidate appeals to me…the leaders of the house and senate really do nauseate me, and the representatives as a whole are being over rated in their low polling statistics.
I would truly like to see changes in the political system…top to bottom…unfortunately this year won’t be it no matter who wins. So while, as a conservative, I may be dumb…I’m not stupid…I’ll be holding my nose and voting McCain.

Blessings to you and yours this 4th of July

Bob,

Most people, including me, work for a living. We have jobs that produce things that get bought and sold. We have jobs that create value. We watch people like you, on television, for entertainment and sometimes, for information and analysis… actually, it is mostly for entertainment because I figure I can do my own analysis of political events.

When you respond to viewer criticism, like you have, it means that you are taking yourself too seriously, or you are worried that there are not enough people taking you seriously enough. You’ve been around a long time Bob. You’ve had a good run. Unfortunately, your opinions are old and stale, and, unlike Barack Obama, you’re not doing a good job of putting a fresh face on your traditional liberal values. Maybe it’s time to take a break, lose some weight, get happy with life, and come back with a fresh new perspective. Then, perhaps, you’ll become “entertaining” again.

Sincerely,
Allison Gayle

I am so exhausted. The hate that flies between both parties is staggering. Why can’t anyone see that extremism(liberalism or conservitism) does nothing but tear the country apart! If we meet in the middle as a country more can get done! And I don’t think Obama is the answer…

Ah, poor baby, so the right doesn’t love you because of your outer space ideas. So conservatives can’t accept that cow flatulence is causing global warming and you think that’s bad, you need to get over it. And the last time I looked the democrats controlled congress and the purse strings. You mentioned Craig as an an example of Republicanism but what about the shinning example the Democarts give us in Clinton. Badness is not a party thing, badness is individualistic. Oh, by the way, some of my best friends are librals.

Your right Bob…no liberal ever made disparaging remarks about George Bush….are you serious..the left spews so much hate it’s pathetic. I agree with your philosophy on “disagreement” but please don’t say liberals are innocent by standers!!!

Bob,
Even thouh I am a conservative, I agree with you completely. However, you’re still a commie.

Bob,
As someone who is a “conservative” I agree with many of your points concerning the Republican party. They no longer seem to hold the same ideals that i do as a “conservative” and they continue to alienate themselves from the American public. The problem, however, is that the democrats are not any better. I have listened to what the democrats have said, and I have watched how little they have actually done. We are stuck in a position where it doesn’t matter which “party” is in control, because at the end of the day, neither party is willing to stick to its roots, and both parties give in too easily to the demands of the “middle” because they are more concerned with winning elections than they are with making tough changes.
I also find it amazing that we make such a huge deal out of the POTUS approval ratings, but has anyone bothered to look and see how low Congress’ approval ratings are?!?! We don’t trust Congress, we don’t trust the POTUS, its a sorry state for American politics. We are in a situation full of apathy, where the American people identify themselves by some stupid party label, and not by taking the time to actually consider what they believe. Its time that the American people take back the government that is supposed to be “of the people, for the people, and by the people.” Unfortunately, I’m afraid that we are too far gone to make changes…

LOL. What a load - if you and the left would cease with the lies, spin, theft of money from taxpayers to fund special interest groups, negative attack adds from your PACs etc. and actually took time to debate versus jumping about spewing hate for the right - perhaps we’d cut you a break.

But in this case - you and your ilk are the problem in this country. You lie and distort and attempt to pin all blame for all things onto the right, then chortle at the perceived “abandonment” of conservative principals. Thats just a lot of horse dung.

Unfortunately many in the GOP have let the right down - by acting like big gov liberals rather than the conservatives we wanted to elect. Thats where the bitterness of the right comes in - contempt for our own proving we actually have a soul and do care what people do (versus you leftists who say anything to get power then do whatever you please without consequence).

Newsflash Bob - Gas is over triple what it was THE DAY THE DEMS TOOK CONGRESS. I can play your game too - GAS PRICES ARE 100% THE FAULT OF THE DEMS IN CONGRESS. Sounds kind of stupid don’t it? Then why do your side say everything is Bush’ fault etc? You guys can’t have it both ways Bob.

The fact is - leftists are arrogant dolts who believe the have a mandate to turn the US into a banana republic over ill-guided feelings of guilt while concurrently letting China, Mexico, etc. pollute the earth like there is no tomorrow. Double standard Bob.

You guys are a parody - sorry if that offends your sensitivities.

In the eighth grade we learn the scientific method. Form a hypothesis and test it. The hypothesis is, “Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide cause global warming.” From 1945-1975 atmospheric carbon dioxide increased and global temperatures decreased. An eighth grader would know that requires rejection or change of the original hypothesis. Thus your “overwhelming evidence” may support something but it is not carbon dioxide causing global warming.

I think your other suppositions are probably based on just as flimsy evidence. “Trillion-dollar surplus”?

Reality of Global Warming Mr Beckel? You mean like the assertion that Arcitic Sea Ice wouldn’t come back…but has? It’s a theory (and one losing favour) Mr Beckel, don’t sell it for any more than it is…you sound like Obama when you do.

Mr Beckel…stick to looking surly and angry when the mess in Florida and Michigan that the Democrats created for themselves is mentioned (and then you expect a country to trust a party that elevates dolts like Howard Dean and can’t resolve an issue that the Republicans had resolved months earlier?). Or when Reverend Wright, Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers and Michelle Obama’s bleak assessments of the U.S. are presented to you, but don’t throw theory (rapidly becoming hypothesis)around like it’s concrete fact. You look silly.

Bob - I take offense at being referred to as a member of the “Flat Earth Society” just because I don’t buy into the myths of Gore. For every scientist who states a case for human-created global warming, you can easily find one or even 2 who can refute it point by point. Why are you so angry Bob? Feeling guilty about riding around in your over-sized SUV, blasting your AC, and going home to your 10,000 Sq. Ft. home?? Please don’t lecture us, you have no grounds to.

Bob….since you feel the Democrats will get this country back on track….can you please tell me why when Clinton was in for 8 years…you apparently feel he was wonderful!!!! he didnt give all those children health care???? or do you kinda remember Hillarys debacle w/health care… Or why he let the military get in such disaray!!!! Perhaps it was the extra curricular activity going on under the desk in the white house….my my….morality….what ever happened to that…so dont try to shove Craig in our face….just look under your own dirty sheets! And one more thing to remember…under President Bush we have had no attacks in this country since 911….How soon we forget!

Bob I agree, the Republicans are really pitiful. Until you compare them to the Democrats! Don’t like being called a Commie? Then quit acting like one.

I can agree with you on the fiscal thing. But I expected that.

Typically Liberals are Tax and Spend and Republicans are Spend and Cut taxes. thi