Getting rid of a select few will not do the job. See, the problem isn't them. It's the people who buy them once they get in office. If you send your guy to Washington, and he's a marvelous candidate, says and believes all the right things. That's great. Then the Money moves in and starts to work on him. He becomes beholden to that money because, well, they are going to continue to back him, get him into the Party, move him up, groom him. In time, your man becomes their man. Isn't that what's going on? Aren't we seeing a Republican Party that has pretty much failed to deliver for the past few cycles. Haven't they shown an unwillingness to enter into certain frays. Why is that? What are they afraid of? More importantly, what happened to what they said they believed in? I think they've been bought (off). I think they've gotten a whiff of power, influence, perks and it's given them the bug. I don't really see it changing. Sure there are a few that seem to stay apart from it. But what effect are those few against so much CORRUPTION?
So, maybe the answer is "Yeah. Maybe we do need to throw away the whole wardrobe and do some serious shopping." As it stands now, can you really have any confidence in the person you send to Washington, given what we are seeing now? Can you really say you are in favor of the expansion of government that the current crop of REPUBLICANS have overseen? Can you really believe that having watched them drag their feet on immigration they are going to do anything other than to cook up some sham of a plan that will involve more waste, and achieve limited results at best?
I just can't be sure. I've been watching them and they don't impress me.
**Getting rid of a select few will not do the job. See, the problem isn't them. It's the people who buy them once they get in office**
If you believe that, what's the point of having a Congress at all? The money's always going to be there. Sending new people will only allow new people to be bought off. (According to your theory, I mean.)
**As it stands now, can you really have any confidence in the person you send to Washington, given what we are seeing now?**
Yes. I have complete confidence in most of the Republicans and complete confidence in my President.
**Can you really say you are in favor of the expansion of government that the current crop of REPUBLICANS have overseen?**
Do you really prefer what the DEMOCRATS will do?
**Can you really believe that having watched them drag their feet on immigration they are going to do anything other than to cook up some sham of a plan that will involve more waste, and achieve limited results at best?**
As I recall, I've already stated I'm not an immigration zealot. You can discuss immigration with someone else.