I think the ‘change’ we have to institute is to start dismantling the RINO machines >>>>>> NOW! And I’m all for petitions, emails, talking it up ad nauseaum ... for TERM LIMITS!
I know the congresscritters will ignore it .. initially, but if there’s a growing drumbeat, term limit parties, picked up and trumpeted by talk radio, etc. to get the concept in the public discourse, it’s a worthy start.
These empires must end .... working only for their next election, taking millions for pay-to-play votes from the lobbyists and disgusting lifelong multi-million dollar pensions and healthcare on our dimes for life must END!
If there’s not such overwhelmingly powerful and influential empires, there won’t be such opportune targets for influence and campaign $$.
They have no fear .. they need to fear LOSING their power. They need to fear US.
In addition to all his scandalous and immoral deeds, when Christopher Dodd only gets $4K from his own state but takes in millions in campaign donations from Wall St., etc., that blatant influence peddling just can’t be ignored.
IMO, these RINOs have to have solid organized state efforts to get them removed from their empires, for starters:
Graham
Snowe
Collins
McCain
And honestly, if I lived in PA, and there was a Dim candidate running against Specter, I’d have to think real hard about it, but if the dynamics were such that his opponent had a good shot, I could be convinced to vote for his opponent rather than the pubbie to send Specter off the reservation permanently, so aggregious a worm he is to me.
It’s past time to purge the RINOs and find, work with and tangibly support young committed Pubbies .. colleges are full of them .. maybe even FReepers .. in ME, SC and AZ, and the GOP needs to get that message and make it their mission.
We fight on!