[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Most of what you say I agree with but it doesn’t explain to my satisfaction the GOP lack of spine. I figure the short answer is “party discipline”. I suspect the foot soldiers are told by their higher-ups what to say and what not to say. But as to why the leaders and the whips etc. have chosen to play along? I still am searching for an explanation. Doesn’t make sense.

[Dick Bachert]

There is much truth in your observation. But wait -- THERE'S MORE!!

This is NOT original to me, but it's correctly said that, within the Beltway, Pubbies are simply Progressive Lite. Where the Dems want socialism NOW, the establishment Pubbies are content to wait a few days.

It's the problem about which Lord Acton spoke that "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Once inside that f'ing Beltway, they seem to go apesqueeze with their sense of being "special." Our late friend Larry McDonald often observed that the ONLY thing one can know with any certainty about a new member is that he knew how to win an election.

A number of years ago, I flew into Dulles for a CATS meeting in Washington. The last leg of the trip was on one of those twin engine 20 passenger commuter prop jobs with single seating down each side of the narrow cabin. As we let down into Dulles, I leaned over to the guy across the aisle and said “We must be close to Washington – I just felt my IQ surge 20 points.”

Without missing a beat, the guy came back with “Sorry, SENATOR, I didn’t recognize you.”

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