Analysis, Critique, and Controlled Insanity

I can’t believe I agreed to this. Call me a sucker, but I agreed to turn the site over for one night. See, we’re supposed to be on sabbatical. This was made clear last week by me. But, after much pestering, I relented today. Personally, I think I was ambushed. I think they plotted this out, and then executed it while I was vulnerable. Cagey, very cagey, and quite telling. I was facing an internal mutiny from people that had planned ahead of time to keep me off the site. Just kidding. Actually, Marcie thought it was bad that we prevented Sabrina from participating in the month-ending post. So, for one night, I turn the site over to the most certifiable lunatics on the site. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the lovely ladies of the Asylum–Marcie and Sabrina.

We have gripes. A couple, and not too many to bore others, but we have grievances against the party. Yesterday, the Democrats invoked Rule 21, and conducted a closed session of the Senate. TV cameras were turned off, and there is no transcript available. Lord knows what the party with NO ideas was discussing. Supposedly, this was over the war, and why we have engaged in it. Gentlemen, ladies, we were attacked on 9-11 by people who hated us. Afghanistan was their base, yes, but it was not their only sanctuary. Ask the people in France if they feel safe from those that did not originate–solely-from Afghanistan. Riots have broken out the last few nights. I could hope that the French will halt these acts of barbarism, but I doubt it. May God hope to prove me wrong.

But our gripe has little to do with WHY the Democrats supposedly invoked a closed session. It goes more towards the reaction of the GOP. Sen. Frist stated that he took the move as a "slap in the face," and he emphasized his point when he stated that "for the next year-and-a-half, I can’t trust Harry Reid." Well, that’s a wonderful news flash. Too bad that his base already knew this. We’ve known this for years. You can’t trust the Democrats in Congress. The House, sure, there’s a level of civil debate, but the Senate is a war zone. And, I’m sorry to say, but we’re losing this fight.

We are not losing the ideological side of the debate. We are strong on that. No, we are losing the fight against a party that prefers to kow-tow us into submission, and obstruct what they dislike. This explains so much to someone like Sen. Frist. I guess he overlooked the obstruction of the Democrats over the president’s nominees, or how they defiantly challenge him to cross the line they draw. What is truly sad is that the president is willing to cross that line, but he lacks the backbone of the party.

The backbone lies in the people in the Senate. Sen. Frist, and his subordinate leaders are supposed to be leading us. They aren’t. They’re cowering in front of the Democrats. Maybe it’s because the party’s been out of power for so long that when it’s handed to them by their base, they can’t act. Only God knows WHY the GOP cowers before a minority power that continues to lose, election after election, yet seem to hold onto their illegitimate power. It’s time for some solid leadership in the Senate, and I’m happy to reveal that in 2006, Sen. Frist is gone. He’s retiring.

When he took over for Sen. Lott, after he was driven from his position, I had high hopes. I know that is naive. I recognize my inexperience and youth, but I relied on the party to pull itself together. It did not. Sen. Frist has been as weak as the moderates within his ranks. He failed to execute the Constitutional Option in a timely manner to prevent any further nominees from being illegally filibustered, and recognized the Gang of 14 deal. In doing so, he lent credence to those that stabbed the party in the back.

That is hardly a position of strength. It’s one of weakness, and I thank God the man is stepping down next year. He’s supposedly not running for reelction. He’s retiring. Good! We just need to find a new leader for the party in the Senate. It won’t be McCain, as he’s not only alienated his colleagues, but the party, too. It should end up being someone like Kyl or Santorum; both of which are also up for reelection next year. If you want them to stay, contribute to THEIR campaign, not the RNC, and fight for those people. We can’t handle another Senate leader like Frist. How in the world could he not see the moves the Democrats were getting ready to execute? "A slap in the face"? "I can’t trust Harry Reid"? What planet does this man come from? We knew this a long time ago.

The GOP has been playing games with it’s own mortality. Not a smart idea. When you do, you end up with the boon-doggle you have in the Senate. No, it is time for people willing to stand up for America–the America that put them in power. The same America that swept Reagan into the Oval Office so long ago. We need a return to the values that made this nation great. We do not need appeasement; it is a sign of the weak. We do not need a party that acts like a battered wife; that will gain us nothing. The base spoke loudly and clearly against Harriet Miers. We spoke up about the fiscal irresponsibility going on in Congress. That base, in short, is pretty ticked. Our lawmakers have seen it, and they are responding.

But reaction isn’t what we need. We need pro-active results, and we’re not seeing it. We see it now in the nomination of Samuel Alito, but as Thomas is quick to point out "One right thing doesn’t make up for a history of mistakes." He’s right. We said we would be here–the voice of America. Instead, we are bullied into keeping quiet. Indeed, this is our mistake, but it’s one that can easily be rectified. It’s time to get down to business, and correct this mistake. We want solid leadership from the Senate. We don’t want our leaders to be "surprised" over the antics–petty and petulant antics, at that–from the minority party. They may speak for their constituents, but they are still in the minority. For forty years, we were, too. Time for the Democrats to feel what a steam-roller feels like.

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