[PeterFinn]

Yep. We deserve the Democrats. We abandoned our own principles and now we're reaping what we sowed. Allow me to refresh everyone's memory as to what I'm talking about here...

On the first day of the 104th Congress, the new Republican majority will immediately pass the following major reforms, aimed at restoring the faith and trust of the American people in their government:

FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress; SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse; THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third; FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs; FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee; SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public; SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase; EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.

These same things could've been used by an enterprising Dem as a campaign issue in the recent election. We committed the sin of pride and topped it off with a dollop of hubris.

[Tinian]

We abandoned our own principles and now we're reaping what we sowed.

Rick Santorum didn't abandon our principles.

You WHINOS abandoned him.

[avacado]

"Yep. We deserve the Democrats. We abandoned our own principles and now we're reaping what we sowed. Allow me to refresh everyone's memory as to what I'm talking about here... "

I hope that is a mouse in your pocket because I sure as heck don't deserve the Democrats. You just made my Congressman's (John Culberson) job much harder. Thank you! Pfffffftttt!