I've been a Republican, and I've been a Democrat. But I've never voted based on my party. I'm one or the other simply so that my vote counts in the primary. This time I was willing to give the Republicans the benefit of the doubt and vote for them because of the pro-life issue, and ONLY because of the pro-life issue. I knew I was risking being taken for a sucker, but now that we've got them in a position where they really CAN do something about the issue, I will be holding them accountable and will not give them a second chance if they fail to come through.
I think at this year's March for Life, we must make it exceptionally clear that if they don't come through in THIS congress, then they're out on their collective ear in 2006 AND in 2008.
It's time for hardball, boys, and if you can't take it, then get the hell out of the way!
That's all I'm saying. Elected officials must be held accountable. But as long as they can count on this voting block or that voting block, and then don't act as advertised, the voter is the sucker. Frankly, I'm amazed at the number of professional politicians we have--suits who have taken a once great nation and brought us to the brink of moral depravity, rampant corruption, asphyxiation by regulation, mammoth government, taxation without full representation--when I consider all this, all I can say is, "what kind of fool is the American voter!" It's time, long overdue, in fact, where Americans wake up and recognize that the form of government we have the opportunity for is a REPRESENTATIVE government. Why do we keep settling for an aristocracy?