>> I would not put words in your mouth nor thoughts in your head, but it appears that for elected Republicans there is simply no such thing as a hill worth dying for. >>
That is true, which is why it is sort of stupid for us to get all riled up over a hill that absolutely was NOT worth dying for. We’ll have plenty of chances to bitch at them over significant issues for just the reason you stated.
In other words, you think you might be disagreeing with me, but actually you are making my case. This is not the hill to die on and this freshman is not the guy to lead it. There will be other chances.
I am not sure that this was or was not the hill to die on. My point is that I have yet to see ANYTHING the GOP “leadership” is willing to take a principled stand on (sorry for the grammar.)
Many think the hill was Obamacare, but the GOP could have stopped it in Senate Committee and would not.
Perhaps we do agree that the discussion is meaningless as the system built on the entitlement mentality cannot be reformed. Period. Collapse is the only curative. It is the only thing that purged the collectivism of the Soviet Union. That aftermath has not yet been rosy....