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An excellent thread, DO. But the following bears repeating.

If Republicans passed only 20% of the liberal agenda each term starting in the first term at 100% of the ideal conservative goal, in 40 years or ten terms only 13% of conservatism would be left. This fall will usher in the sixth term without a conservative, and two terms were the Clinton years in which it would be safe to say far in excess of 20% was implemented.

When we started our discourse you believed no matter what you said my opinion was set. And, yes, I still believe that it is imperitive that any potential SCOTUS vacancies be filled with strong Conservatives, but you Sir, have reminded me of why that ideal is so strong in my heart. You present a excellent argument and analogy of Conservatives, the state of the Republican party and politics in general.

One must define where to draw the line between personal philosophy and accepting the obvious options. You have succeeded in reminding me what my heart has always known...if we refuse to stand up for what is right and principled when given the choice, we will deserve what we receive for accepting what is handed to us. I thank you, DoughtyOne! I may not sleep any easier knowing the degree to which our nation has fallen, but it may ease the nigtmares realizing that if we stand together and hold fast in our beliefs we can set our nation back on course and it will be better in the future!

By the way, your numbers speak volumes! Thank you, again.

Thanks for your comments Callisto. Whatever your ultimate decision this year, I am glad you read this and it meant something to you.

ping to stay in the game...