Agreed, definitely. My question is, why are there RINO's, but no DINO's? Watching the Senate or House in action on C-Span, I can sometimes only shake my head in wonderment (dismay?) that THESE are who we send to Washington to make laws and guide our country? I'm wondering if it's something found in coastal waters... at least north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Again, I agree for the most part. This issue is huge though, and seems that it HAS been known to be huge for quite some time. Anyone on the correct side on this one and standing against mismanagement and corruption should have been having sit-ins on the Capitol Building and picketing the Treasury to bring it to light, if necessary. And exactly what battle were they saving their ammo for? They're not there to play nice - they're there to do the job we "hired" them to do.
Exactly. I officially became a Republican during the Reagan years. I got VERY enthused again with the Gingrich Revolution, and actually started to support Republicans financially as well as with my vote. Since 2003, my enthusiasm has gone steadily downhill. I support them in essence, as corporately they are still the closest thing to conservatism in a viable party.
They didn't lose power in 2006 because of the war, or because of things like welfare reform that they'd passed but been unable to implement. They lost power because they've forgotten what their CORE principles MUST be. Without commitment to them, to WE the PEOPLE, they're no better than the Dems. Without the voting record to prove their principled stance, they have nothing to offer.
On the side - we had a RINO in the House for our district in 2006. I worked hard getting him defeated in the primary, to get a true Conservative on the ballot. Thankfully, he won. He's facing a hard re-election campaign right now, and I'll support him any way I can due to fact he's proven himself and earned my trust and support.
