Jason there’s something in the water. Gotta be! If they’re “only interested in political victory”, why are they acting like D.C. Democrats: a bunch of stupid, New-Age, Marxist’s; who don’t give a flying fig what the “majority” of Americans think? They say Rome fell because the upper crust drank water from villa pipes loaded with lead. What kind of slow acting, virtue corrupting, poison do you think is in the pipes inside the D.C. Beltway? Whatever it is, it seems to have had the same effect on the GOP that it did on the DNC. (Think about it! Most of these people were OK Americans before they went to Washington. Right?) Maybe we need to build a new Capital city somewhere in Kansas. Or, start two new political parties; two new, “American” political parties; with Term Limits in each party platform, to keep the electees from getting “poisoned” and trying to hurt the rest of us. Let’s say something like: “No more than 20 years of elected office in the House or the Senate, or any combination thereof between the House and Senate; AND no one may serve in the Senate who has passed the age of 75.” That might work, right? Let’s roll.

I was glib to lump energy policy in the list as I haven’t actually seen a poll on the question–but given current gas prices, I would not be surprised if it polled a lot higher than Lewinski investigations and Clinton impeachment which never rose above 25% in public support.

However, you ignored my point, which is that the American public still associates abuse of investigative authority with the Rebublican party, and as such, members of that party would be foolish to run against a “culture of investigation.”

I’m not a republican or a democrat, but 5 years ago, I used to say “at least the Republican party has a set of beliefs, the democrats don’t stand for anything”; now, I’m pretty convinced that the Republican party only cares about political victory–they are utterly immoral, ruthless, and dishonest–and I think people who believe in conservative values are fools to support them.

Which polls are those? The ones at the Daily Kos website?

Energy policy investigations? ARE YOU SERIOUS? What poll shows that the public even knows about the Cheney meetings?

As far as Iraq, most people have decided that Bush lied to them - despite the mountain of evidence that dispels that notion. And as far as 9/11, people still want to investigate the Kennedy assassination, Roswell, Bigfoot, and the West Virginia Mothman.

Once we get those others out of the way, maybe we can turn our attention back to the demolition of the towers.

First, I don’t think the stationary office will need to order any more veto pens, if they got any to begin with they’re still around.

Second, running against a “culture of investigation” is a wash–the public memory still associates Republicans with Ken Star, Whitewater, Vince Foster, White House Travel Office, Secret FBI files in the west wing, and about 50 other investigations that tied up government for years. And polls show far greater numbers of Americans want investigations into Iraq, 9/11, and energy policy negotioations than ever cared about the topics of most of the Republican investigations.

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Or we get to listen to Pelosi (not to mention the horror of having to see her on TV) which will cause all to slit their own damn throats for not voting.

It’s pathetic! What say we don’t elect anymore Texicans to the White House, OK? They seem to start out like gang busters and end up quitting while still on the job. Remember LBJ and Vietnam? Get the feeling J.R’s going to leave HIS Afghan/Iraq mess for the next guy to clean up? I do! And I voted for him twice! What choice did I have? Gore? Kerry? Be real. Three Hundred Million citizens and, probably, thirty million illegals, AND NO ONE WORTH VOTING FOR. It’s over!!! Will the last one to leave for Canada please turn out the lights? I’m going fishing!