I understand your frustration and feel the same way. I’ve found, though, that the going is tough, but we can win. It takes focus and time, but also the admission that the entire country doesn’t agree with us. We’re right, so what do we do?
Listen to this and tell me what you think:
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/07/morris_fiorina.html
I think we need to be wise, compromise in our direction, and go back to the well over and over again. If we can take Congress and hold it for a generation (just like the Democrats did), then we can turn it around.
I appreciate the link. The man has some very interesting insights into the psyche of the electorate. Problem is; I’m an absolutist. For instance, I don’t believe that “term limits” are in the best interest of the Republic. I think Constitutional limits on governmental power are more effective.
What would be the point in buying a Senator if he did not have the power to help further your interests through legislation?
Or to steal words from Heinlein: When is it moral for a group of people to do something that would not be moral for an individual member of that group to do? I wouldn’t kill an unborn child, so why would I ever support a politician, no matter how many other issues we might agree on, who is willing to go along with the idea to get more votes?
If I won’t allow my neighbor, who Jesus commands me to love, to decide for me what I can or cannot own; what I can or cannot say; what God I should worship, or what liberties I may enjoy, then why on earth should I accept & support those dictates from people who make their living at my expense?
I respect your point of view FRiend, but I can’t wrap my head around the concept of yielding the few liberties we now enjoy for the promises of public servants who do not serve the public, that later they will do the right thing.
I suspect that I’m too far gone for that.