[Huck]

Limited government—constitutional government—is an absolute lost cause. A total waste of time. In that sense, Club for Growth is right. Actually limiting federal powers to what was delegated is unrealistic, and a big hassle. He’s just an old crank. The GOP knows they aren’t serious about it. They just toss around some tax cuts (while deficit spending) and give lip service to some social conservative issues, while stoking patriotic war fervor, and that seems to get the job done.

[rabscuttle385]

Limited government—constitutional government—is an absolute lost cause.

Fighting the Persian invasion into Greece was a "lost cause."

Then along came Leonidas at Thermopylae.

Revolting against the tyrannical George III of Britain was a "lost cause."

Then along came Washington (with French military support) at Yorktown.

Now, as to the present fight for limited and Constitutional government, you may be right. Closing the Pandora's box of Big Government may well indeed be a "lost cause." And there may very well be no Washington or Leonidas or even French military success today, but it is far preferable to go down fighting for what is right and proper and good than to admit defeat and surrender like a coward and a slave and a traitor.