Well, you're not going to GET legislators like that, by REWARDING them with re-election for how they are behaving now. I've been faithful about voting in every election for decades now, but I think I'm going to sit this election out.
Let's get something straight, just to clear the air. I _DO NOT_ vote for Democrats. Once I did (years ago), but never, never, never, NEVER again. Got that?
But I want to _PUNISH_ the Republicans in this election. I actually believe they should LOSE.
Why the heck would I want that?
Answer: because they DESERVE to lose this time.
They richly deserve exactly that. If they are not punished now, they will keep repeating their current behavior forever, moving ever-more to the left.
If they lose in 2006, they may possibly (though I'm not optimistic) come 'round to their senses for 2008.
If that is the case, they may then be able to re-earn my vote in 2 more years.
But to continue to reward them for the mess they've made of majority rule? Absolutely not.
As I said, flame me if you wish, but this is one guy who has had enough.
- John
I don't flame fellow FReepers. Anyway, my feeling is this, you vote for the most conservative person in the primary and then the Republican in the general. Even if he/she is RINOish, it's an R and that means it counts toward the total R's and keeps the Republican majority. I'm not happy with Bush and I'm not happy with the Senate but I would be a lot less happy with a Gore, Kerry, Clinton at the helm. I would be a lot less happy if Kerry had picked the last two Supreme Court Justices with the approval of a Dem Senate. President Bush and some Republicans are not ideal, and it's certainly not pretty and painless, but that's the way politics work. I won't sit out an election and I won't vote for a Dem or 3rd Party.