Where is the "Oh Geez" guy?
We've heard this before, but maybe these ideas will get through to the 'pubbies:
1) You can't out-Democrat the Democrats. What Liberal (Communist) voter wants a cheap immitation when they can get the real thing?
2) You want to budget stuff, then do it like it is coming out of YOUR pocket, not ours. Quit writing rubber checks.
3) Hang what the yapping lapdogs of the Liberal media say, RIGHT is never Wrong. Pick up your copy of the Constitution, blow the dust off, and reacquaint yourselves with the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, and that you don't have to kiss any butts in DC.
4) If you are hearing something on ABCNNBCCBS there is a high probability it is completely bass-ackwards to the truth and reality.
5) If you feel the need to exempt yourselves from some laws, then you shouldn't pass them. We likely don't want to live under them, either.
6) Next time you are back home for a townhall type meeting, ask what concerns people. Don't argue with them, just listen, repeat, LISTEN. If they are spewing Liberal crap, they are probably Liberals and wouldn't vote for you on a bet, but listen to them, too, then listen to people disagree. Conservatives aren't your enemy, so don't be ours.
If you have never run your own business, get out and talk with people who do. Not just the big guys in town, but the little outfits, the ones with only a couple of employees, the owner/operators who really feel the crunch from policy changes, because they have to keep track of them, too--while they are trying to run a business. The big outfits can afford to have an IT department, accountants, and lawyers on staff--for the little guy, it's all food off the table.
7) If you are in the House of Representatives, you have a unique opportunity to help our country by voting against the destructive policies promoted by this administration. Money is the lifeblood of the tumors of governmental stupidity, and you can cut off the flow. Don't give in. Greece once relied on 300 Spartans, we don't have as many of you. You will be vilified in the DC press, and probably nationally. Wear it as a badge of honor. When wicked people revile you, you are doing the right thing--the flak is heaviest over the target.
There is very little of real America inside the Beltway, and most of that is behind glass or under lights in the Smithsonian (or even more likely, in storage).
Now, I'm not expecting much, partly because he who expects nothing is seldom disappointed, and partly because getting a thought into the head of the average elected official is as likely as penetrating the armor on an M-1A1 Abrams with a jack knife, but I am going to say this all in hopes you will see the light and change the course of this nation, away from the economic and philosophical abyss it is headed toward. You are driving, don't wreck, and if they won't let you steer, stand on the brakes.
Outstanding post, Joe. Very well said.