Time for us to go. Let's quit while we're behind.With Republicans controlling Congress and the White House, conservatives these days ought to be happy, but most aren't. They see expanding government, runaway spending, Middle East entanglements, and government corruption, and they wonder why, exactly, the country should be grateful for Republican dominance. Some accuse ac·cuse v. ac·cused, ac·cus·ing, ac·cus·es v.tr. 1. To charge with a shortcoming or error. 2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing. v.intr. Bush and the Republicans today of not being true conservatives. Others see a grab bag grab bag n. 1. A container filled with articles, such as party gifts, to be drawn unseen. 2. Slang A miscellaneous collection: The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints. of stated policies and wonder how they cohere cohere (kōhēr´), v to stick together, to unite, to form a solid mass. . Everyone thinks something's got to change. Now seven prominent conservatives dare to speak the unspeakable: They hope the Republicans lose in 2006. Well, let's be diplomatic and say they'd prefer divided government--soon. (Perhaps that formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating. American Law Institute Formulation will fool Dennis Hastert.) Of course, all of them wish for the long-term health of conservatism, and most are loyal to the GOP. What they also believe, however, is that even if a Speaker Pelosi looms in the wings, sometimes the best remedy for a party gone astray a·stray adv. 1. Away from the correct path or direction. See Synonyms at amiss. 2. Away from the right or good, as in thought or behavior; straying to or into wrong or evil ways. is to give it a session in the time-out chair. |
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