“Other than we presenting our nuts for them to kick and presenting our backs for them to stab, how have we [Conservatives] used them?”
Believe you me, I get infuriated year after year with Ruling Class Republicans, ever since being a part of this forum even before there was a term, ‘Ruling Class’. Newt Gingrich nixed the Chinagate scandal, and I wrote a vanity: “Neutering Newt”.
I even got furious with Alan Keyes [beyond the point of foolishness] for dropping the ball on the strange death of Ron Brown. [Was his most agressive online supporter, but I doubt he would ever want to see me face-to-face.] Then came the ‘98 midterm. It taught some of us the importance of momentum.
We are using congress mainly as an Obama spoiler [especially regarding Borders] and oversight. Just the fact that we have the House [despite Bone-head’s lack of enthusiasm], Obama doesn’t even publicize all of the things he would like to do, nor does he even bring up a lot of things. His agenda is ‘chilled’. And, some of his judicial nominees were rejected. He can’t choose anyone he wants. [Although we want much more strident vetting.]
The pressure needed to keep Bone-head and McConnell on the straight and narrow is monumental. Ruling Class Republicans are the real jackasses, but demon-rats are rock-hard petrified manure.
The best kind of pressure is the one that hits home with their top priority... Their own job. You don’t get a rino to straighten out by voting for them... That just empowers them.