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Not much. Like I said earlier, they have two years. If at the end of two years they are still the same old "grow the government as fast as we can", lying, thieving, selling out the Constitution, a$$holes that we have come to know and hate... then I'll vote my principles yet again.

If at the next election, I have been proven delightfully wrong, then I will switch my support.

Until they get a chance to start doing things, I'll just sit here and hope.

If sinkspurs opinions are the prevailing ones amongst Conservatives, then they will fail to meet expectations and will deserve the derrision we've been giving the RINO's.

Most Conservatives on FR believe in the Constitution and its limits on Federal and State power. Sinkspur, however, does not believe there should be limits going by his statements on this thread. The people want more government, then they should get more government... in his own words. His lack of speaking out against such blatant un-Constitutional expansion should speak volumes about his own beliefs.

The people want more government, then they should get more government... in his own words. His lack of speaking out against such blatant un-Constitutional expansion should speak volumes about his own beliefs.

Are you an old woman? Is talking behind someone else's back common behavior for you?

YOu don't understand the first thing about politics, obviously. You have to get elected to do anything. To get elected, you have to convince people to vote for you. People are not going to vote for you unless you sell them on your ideas.

So, tell me how you would convince a majority of voters to vote for you so that you could do the things you want.

My own opinions are that most people who rail for a return to the Constitution fail to understand that many of the "unconstitutional" issues they have philisophical problems with were initiated by the founders.

There is also a failure to realize, or possibly just accept, that while not a "majority rule" democracy, a large percentage of agreement is needed to successfully affect change in a Republic. When a sizable amount of people, say even 20%, desire a much smaller government, it will be feasible to reduce the size of government. With only a 4 to 6% of the population wanting the Federal government reduced to 1860 size, it isn't even feasible to do so.

My current hopes, and since I voted for the Republicans in my State my expectations, are to see the following in the next two years:

-The abortion issue addressed in what I would view as positive ways
-Taxes lowered, tax code simplified
-Affirmation of Second Amendment rights as being in the portfolio of individual rights
-Borders treated as a serious security risk for the United States
-Department of Education having a serious overhaul

My overall goals of the above are:

-Roe v. Wade overturned
-IRS scrapped
-Supreme Court case stating individual right to keep and bear arms
-INS and Border Patrol folded into new Homeland Security agency and current structure demolished
-Department of Education dismantled

I just want to see some movement on the next two years towards these goals at the minimum. I do not demand the goals to be met at the minimum.

His lack of speaking out against such blatant un-Constitutional expansion should speak volumes about his own beliefs.

You know what, you're exactly right. We should speak out when we strongly agree or disagree, regardless of the consequences.

And since I have been guilty of this, let me say it now: your posts are total BS, self-serving, bloviating, specious, condescending drivel.