Thread: Hard-core conservatives fleeing Bush’s side

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12729893/

WASHINGTON - Disaffection over spending and immigration have caused conservatives to take flight from President Bush and the Republican Congress at a rapid pace in recent weeks, sending Bush's approval ratings to record lows and presenting a new threat to the GOP's 12-year reign on Capitol Hill, according to White House officials, lawmakers and new polling data.

Bush and Congress have suffered a decline in support from almost every part of the conservative coalition over the past year, a trend that has accelerated with alarming implications for Bush's governing strategy.

The Gallup polling organization recorded a 13-percentage-point drop in Republican support for Bush in the past couple of weeks. These usually reliable voters are telling pollsters and lawmakers they are fed up with what they see as out-of-control spending by Washington and, more generally, an abandonment of core conservative principles.

Just love the spin. Disaffection. How about the American people are starting to wake up to the fact that our so-called lawmakers are NOT abiding by laws already on the books. That they are in fact, ENCOURAGING invasion, which is treason! This is from www.dictionary.com. I just finished emailing the President, all my congressfolk and the heads of the leadership both houses. AGAIN

trea·son ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trzn)
n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.


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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Latin trditi, trditin-, a handing over. See tradition.]

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