Remember, Elections DO Have Consequences

Here is to all of those who last year said on talk radio, blogs and letters to the editor "I am NOT going to vote for the Republicans in the congressional midterm elections because they did not (fill in the blank)"
ELECTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
Look at the "comprehensive immigration reform" bill-scam. Do those people think that this would have come up in a Republican congress? Of course not! Had that been the case, President Bush would have pushed hard in the previous six years this bill-scam. President Bush needed Democrats only too happy to go along. After all, the way that the bill-scam is drawn up helps the Dems. Hence, now that the Democrats control the congress, voila. Here we are having to really fight to stop this. Had the GOP been in control of congress, the emphasis would be on enforcement, not amnesty. It is a simple fact.
Are those of you who did not vote for the Republican candidates happy with the slew of investigations now happening? Well, that is what we are getting. Only today, a senate committee is subpoenaing for records of Vice-President Richard Cheney's records. That is what we get having a Democrat congress.
How about the people talking about returning to the unfairness doctrine? They are all Democrats. Of course, always on top of events, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) is calling for a return to the so-called "fairness doctrine" that will be forced on all on-air broadcasters. During the Reagan administration, having real foresight, they scrapped the doctrine because it was antiquated and was not going to keep up with new technology that will be coming. That was true then, and is true now. The attempt here, now this is for you who protested Republican shortcomings, is to shut down conservative talk radio. The same shows that many of you called to spout off the shortsightedness would more than likely be forced off the air and more than likely move to satellite radio. That would create a two-tiered information system. Yes, that is one of the results of not voting for Republicans in 2006.
Now, some will say I am being too harsh on those people. Really? Seeing the results, I would say that I am being kind. Do you people think this will not get worse? Of course it will.
So, what to do? Lets us come to agree that the last Republican congress made a lot of mistakes. Having said that, with a Republican president, they should have done better. Some blame has to go to President Bush.
The solution is simple. We have to use the state primary to make our point. I am embarrassed to admit this, but in 1992, in the California Republican primary when then President Bush had the renomination sewn up, I voted for Pat Buchanan as a protest to the failings of then President Bush. But, by golly I voted for President Bush for reelection.
If we are to get candidates that reflect our point of view, we have to get them in primaries and vote for them. Then work as hard as possible to get them elected. That is how it works.
Yes, we Republicans had some bad baggage candidates for some congressional districts. Maybe those candidates should have been seriously replaced before the scandals got out of hand. But, I very much believe we will have some really good, conservative, candidates in 2008.
So, next time you Republicans want to change things, do it in the primary. If you don't get that change, don't pick up the marbles and go home. Get the guy or gal that won elected. If you want conservative, or even conservative lite, governance, keep the Republicans in. When the Democrats are in charge, we get what we deserve.