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Er, uh....see your point, sort of....but it's a can I 'd rather leave on the shelf.

It's just so hard for me (and from the posts on many different threads) for many of us to see America, the REAL United States of America, disappear before our very eyes. Really, I'm not so naive that I don't understand that "politics as usual" is being played....

Sure, W is outplaying the dems by stripping them of campaign promises. Even as this happens the more militant push harder on the old standbys of abortion "rights" (how can there be ANYTHING right about something so wrong), and "gun control," etc. etc. But there comes a time when I expect someone who is not afraid to announce that he is a BELIEVER, to obey the Bible's mandate to nations to SUPPORT and STAND WITH Israel....no matter what the cost.

I expect him to afford the CITIZENS of the nation he was ELECTED to lead, far more consideration than he would those who break laws left and right to sneak in. They DON'T deserve ANY consideration. They need to be shipped back, immediately, and the groups that are so vocal about the rights of the non-citizens need to be told that amnesty is not an option. If they don't like it then perhaps they should be activists in Mexico.

Instead, the Pres. seems to have a weak spot for Fox"s every whim. Along with a lot of other whims that add up to some really confusing bottom lines. Need some for instances? Well.... why was steroids in a State of the Union address? Do we NEED to be colonizing Mars and/or the moon (does he know something we don't?) What happened to the ideas of educational vouchers? Why does he place more emphasis on illegals when OVERWHELMING poll figures make our majority view clear? If we are in a war on terror, why and when will Homeland Security do as they demand us to do? Open borders seem to be of a great deal MORE concern than making sure our credit reports are good enough to allow us to fly on planes..... and the beat drones on....

I have *no* idea why steroids were mentioned.....:))

As far as the "immigration" deal goes, it's never gonna be passed into law.
I would guess this is some sort of "strategery" move, the details of which I'm not privy to.

Until the whole "politically correct" racket is shot down, little old white ladies will continue to get "shaken down" at airports.

Huge shifts in social paradigms rarely happen over night.

The "fall" of Jesse Jackson hopefully heralds a time when Americans will finally sicken of the entire "protected class"/class warfare scam.
If you look at things in the long run, it's good that gay rights activists/pro-abortionists/anti-gunners/etc. are becoming more vocal and strident in their demands.

It forces otherwise politely silent and uninvolved conservatives to finally get angry enough to stand up against them.
Case in point; my mother (who likes Edwards for a candidate and wishes Clinton could come back) was unconcerned about all the gay propaganda on TV just last year.
Now it's become so pervasive that even she is getting fed up with and angry about it.

As sick as the "special interest groups" make me, I delight in their ever-increasing, ever bolder "demands".
Why?
Because in my heart of hearts, I believe that the "real US of A, as you put it, still lives; half asleep but slowly and surely awakening.

Like Mel Gibson's character in The Patriot, some people need to be shocked into awareness and forced into action.
Sadly, so it is with some Americans.
I have faith that time will come.
I believe in my country, even if I cannot not believe in half of its inhabitants.
Somehow, we *will* overcome.

As far as Mars and the moon go, I'd suspect some sort of military advantage angle.
That's just my wild-*ssed guess, though.

Sorry I have no better *practical* answers for you.
I have only faith in what I believe will be....:)

p.s...I've felt the same as you have.
In a few elections, I did not vote for who best expressed my ideals for a candidate.
Having said that, I could not, in good conscience, give a divisive de-facto vote to Dems by punching that third-party hole, either.
As a person descended from Ulster "political prisoners" and Welsh miners, no one will go to greater (and often ridiculous lengths) to "prove a point" than I will.
But....there came a time when I realized that proving my point in the voting booth was spiting no one but myself, in the long run.
Every election is a gamble and I always try to place my bets on the 'horse' who pay off best over distance.
Sometimes a race is won by stamina and not speed.
You just gotta have patience...:)