Sarek said:
Oh, that's a given. But things would have been a lot worse in my opinion if the blind loyality of the Republican party had been allowed to run rampent for another two years.
The Democrats aren't any better, but the fact that George's party isn't in control of all aspects of the government right now is enough to keep George on edge and guarantee a bit of political strife in almost every horseshit thing he tries to do.
Both parties only care about their party's continued dominance. In other words, all the republicans care about is getting another republican into office. All the democrats care about is the same.
Now, certain individuals in each party do have an agenda. We've got rampant anti-gun, anti-family, anti-morals, anti-progress, anti-capitalist, socialists like Feinstein, Pelosi, Chaffey, Murray, Nelson, Conyers, Durbin, Lautenberg, Cantwell, McCarthy, Kennedy, Gore, Kerry, Clinton, Boxer, Schumer, Obama, and friends trying to pull things farther left. Their ideals are known and they vote consistently according to their ideals. At least we know where they stand on issues.
I can only think of one fairly conservative republican who is uncaring whether or not he gets re-elected, and uncaring whether or not the rest of the republican party agrees with him. That's Tom Tancredo, and because of his firm stance against illegal immigration he has been almost ostracized by his own party. His ideals are known and he votes consistently according to those ideals. At least we know where he stands.
The real problem are politicians like Bush, McCain, Giuliani, and 90% of the Republican party who will pander to any special interest group in the spirit of appearing moderate to win an election.
I'm sick and fucking tired of moderates. Give me rampant communists and rampant conservatives. At least there won't be any snakes in the grass that way.