THE FECKLESS GOP

When a Democrat cannot go along with their party, they distance themselves and leave, as RFK did, as Tulsi Gabbard did, and as Joe Manchin did.  GOP people who are more Democrat than Republic insist on staying to him up the works. You know, Collins, Murkowski, etc. They will vote for the worst possible Democrat appointees, saying elections have consequences, but put sound GOP nominees who are committed to the election winner's agenda through the wringer.  I am not for mindless obedience to a party - how could I be? I am a political independent. Yet, when you DO belong to a party, you have the responsibility to advance that party's interests. Why do you think the Dems found so far in Arizona and PA against GOP senate candidates when they already lost the majority?  Simple - the GOP needed at least 54 -55 seats to have power for the agenda and the Dems can count on peeling some off. You hardly ever see that with Dems.

I believe Trump miscalculated on GOP support for him. The swamp includes a lot of Republicans as well as Democrats - some in the GOP feed off the lobbyist troughs as much as Dems.  Some are as twisted in their think as well. Why do you think they have a majority WHIP?  We need to replace all Democrats and a healthy percentage of Republicans in 2026 to really set the table. Otherwise, the compromises with the Deep State will continue - probably less often, and perhaps less severely, but compromises with what is right never the less.

I understand why people shun politics - who wants to go through that mess? Who wants to deal with a biased and imbecilic press? Who wants to be staked, have death threats, and be endlessly slandered? You have seen the obscene ads every election on Congresspersons and Senators. Lies and hate are the order of the day. I believe a start would be to prohibit campaign funds from other states from where the race is. Zillions of outside money, some of it dark money is thrown to try to change the results in states where a candidate is popular. Just does not seem fair to me.