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I am sorry to sound fatalistic about all this but when one looks back at how conservatives squandered their power, one has to develop some kind of hopelessness. Something about going to Washington perverts people. In a very short time, most begin to compromise their values and ideals. I believe some politicians begin to realize the power which now resides in the media, higher academia, and in a few very, very rich individuals who are as wealthy as nations on their own, and they begin to fear any kind of fight which might be required for a confrontation about the real problems. They also have to focus almost all their energy on the next election. The recipe for the downfall of Western Society is being followed. I, for one, am ready for the far left and their minions in the media, which is what we will have in Washington next year, to be forced to take responsibility for the policies they hold. And, by the way, the only way to get along with our enemies is to hand our nation over to them. They will accept nothing else. Americans, weep for the children of the 21st Century.

Sorry, but I didn’t spend 4 years in the Air Force serving the country I love and working most of my adult life to educate my sons, just to “hand the country over” to the forces of evil. My family’s efforts are being directed toward getting good, solid conservatives elected to office, no matter what the office.

I think part, just part, of the reason conservatives failed when they took over in '94 is that there were still too many RINOs in place who immediately set about undermining the new majority. If you recall, it was the Senate Republicans who declared the Contract with America as DOA. They said it was not binding on them, just the House.

There was also quite a bit of deferral to the RATS as if they were still running things. If you watched committee hearings, you saw Republicans deferring to the RATS both in manner and substance. Most Republican chairmen would let their RAT members take over hearings lest they be accuesed of being oppressive, and when it came to witnesses, they bent over backwards to bring in fair-minded folks while the RATS brought in their lackeys. Worse, there were multiple stories that a lot of Republicans continued to refer to their individual ranking members as Mr. Chairman.

Nevertheless, they did squander their power. They could have stood up to the RATS and the MSM, but they ran and hid most of the time, starting with The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas which was even before Newt took over. That signaled they could be rolled with no opposition. (Of course, Gingrich was doing his best on his own to roll over as much as he could for his man crush, Bildo Klintoon.) By the time the following December came with the budget showdown that they flubbed so badly when they held all the cards, their demise was begun. Meanwhile, most of the RINOs stayed in place and here we are today.