Please list all the violations of trust. We will stop when the GOP BORKs Specter and does what is right on all issues. Hold politicians to high ethics and standards others are held to; and work to improve the life of Americans, not foreign workers.
Borking Specter, not a good idea. The GOP's majority is not large enough to steamroll the opposition or to divide the party with infighting over every issue. They're going to need the cooperation of Specter and other RINOs for some time yet. Read some very thoughtful and pragmatic commentary on this over at
PowerLine and follow the Hewitt links for more.
It's highly improbable that any of us will
ever get the perfect politician according to our personal standards. Better to focus on the most important issues and evaluate the party based on its performance on those issues. In my book, the GOP is doing far better at this time than any alternative we might have,
As to Specter, he has been put on notice. He knows what he has to do in order to justify his chair. And if he doesn't, then unleashing the full fury on him will be more understandable in the minds of the moderate public and the other RINOs, whose votes will be needed to advance the President's agenda on other issues. The goal on this issue is to get a floor vote to approve judges who won't legislate from the bench. Bork Specter and we may lose that opportunity.
As to the food labeling thing, I want labeled food too. But think about it... if USA-grown is perceived as a market advantage, then USA growers will certainly continue voluntarily to label their own food as "produce of USA."
Worrying about how many Dems and RINOs who will vote with the GOP is like not taking a chance. If the GOP takes one chance and looses, then compromise. If a few RINOs surface, deal with them in 2006, 2008. If the DEMS filabuster, KEEP THEM UP 24 X 7, no political deals as was permitted on the Judicial Committee.
All products are required to be labeled as to country of origin. Let the foreign shippers pay for the labeling and give the American farmers an economic chance. HEY LOOK AT THE RED AREAS.
Too much "we must compromise" on this and that without a battle is just what Chamberlain did! Short change the electorate who are Conservative, Traditional Americans, mostly in non-city areas and the GOP will slip back to a blocked balance of power. People want government with honesty and integrity, not a political party.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You come into the world with -0- and leave the same way. In between, life is a gamble, so take a chance!