[live+let_live]

I don’t believe it’s due to W’s fear of alienating any one. The amnesty fiasco proved that wrong.

Our politicians, (both parties) believe they are smarter than the rest of us. They won’t do what we want them to.

Is it any wonder we don’t want them to stay?

I believe the next couple of elections will be blood-baths for the Republicans. But that is what is needed to rid the party of pretenders and posers.

[goldstategop]

The RINOs have been practically eliminated in New England. There's no longer a GOP to speak of on the East Coast. Same on the West Coast. The Democrats have an electoral lock on two of the nation's populous states: California and New York. All they have to do is win Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Florida. Stock, match and game. I don't see how the GOP can win a presidential race if its perceived as a Southern only party.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ballplayer]

Its simple folks we are outnumbered ,period ,immigration,low paying service oriented jobs ,human nature being what it is and the intentional stoking of the basest of human instincts of jealousy ,greed ,like the rich dont pay their fair share,pitting one group against the other ,blacks against white ,hispanics ,women against men ,gays against heterosexuals ,old against young .What do you expect and all this is done in the never ending quest for political power . Read “Witness” by Whitaker Chambers it is all there ,create chaos and confusion ,anarchy, and the all powerful government comes in as the saviour and you get a totalitarian paradise. This country has been dead for some time we just dont know it yet ,and no one knows this better than Bin Laden ,they are just biding their time for the right moment ,we are killing ourselves from within we just need a little push for total chaos

[bilhosty]

“I don’t believe it’s due to W’s fear of alienating any one. The amnesty fiasco proved that wrong.”

I think the amnesty fiasco proves me right. Bush and his unimaginitive, unconected to reality buddies in the White House did not want to offend Hispanic’s so they offended everyone with that bill.

[okie01]

Our politicians, (both parties) believe they are smarter than the rest of us. They won’t do what we want them to.

More accurately, perhaps, we won't do what they want us to do. Which is: re-elect them.

Consider how much of the recent Congressional activity is concerned with muting the peoples' voice. E.g., McCain-Feingold Incumbency Protection Act and Comprehensive Immigration Reform -- whose most profound impact would have been to re-make the electorate into a more dependent, thus pliable, mass.

These political initiatives have come from both sides of the aisle. There is certainly bi-partisan agreement on one thing: It is more important to stay in office and accrue power than it is to be subject to the will of the people.