Posted on 02/19/2014 11:36:33 AM PST by xzins
You would think that but then again the GOPe is doing their best to extend their riches and power, albeit as a permanent minority. I guess life is still good when you are a lackey to the King.
Wow.
Bases are loaded. He walks up to the plate. There goes the pitch...he swings...he KNOCKS IT OUTTA THE PARK!! HOME RUN!!
Not for free stuff, but for the conservative issues you care about. I have 2 that I hone in on: guns and life. That’s a good starting point. If they’re pro gun they trust people, if they’re pro life they care about people. I can work with that.
I've been saying the same thing for quite some time.
In the dark corridors of power, the Constitution was quietly overthrown by nefarious traitors of both parties, intent on substituting a new totalitarian order for the system of checks and balances left to us by the Framers.
About the last civil option remaining, is for the states to call for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution. Short of that, our options narrow to:
1. Massive, sustained, and widespread civil disobedience on the part of tens of millions.
2. Revolution.
3. Secession by several red states.
4. Acceptance of the New Progressive Order.
None of those options is palatable, but we WILL find ourselves on one of those paths soon.
You are absolutely right, Onyx.
Both the DNC and RNC (and the elites that support them) need to be prosecuted under RICO. They are corrupt organizations that are joined at the hip.
GOOD to see you, sweetheart.
I’m not convinced that money motivates most members of Congress.
A considerable number, about 20%, are rich when they get there, with net assets of at least $2 million.
Most of the others are upper middle class professionals when they first arrive.
And most Congress members run for reelection until they die or become too old to function, so, only a small number quit and become millionaire lobbyists or middlemen.
I think most Congress members just like the job.
And why not?
The celebrity, the “respect,” making your own hours, flying first class, the catered social and political events, having your own well paid staff without needing to earn enough money to pay them, having a wonderful private office without needing to pay rent or utilities.
And, the pay is good, the benefits are superb, and the retirement package is superb.
I’ll stick with my characterization of our government as the Harlem Globetrotters vs the Washington Generals. Members of both teams are simply and totally concerned only with the security of their positions.
In a 2-party system, there is every bit as much security for the #2 team as there is for the #1 team, and that’s all they’re concerned about.
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