Winning

In the absence of compromise, the contest between Republicans and Democrats can be regarded as a war. War is essentially chaos where rules don’t exist.

We send our young men and women to war in foreign lands as to a picnic social. We burden them with volumes of Emily Post’s books of etiquette. Meanwhile, the enemy breaks all the rules: They blow themselves up; hide behind women and children; slit throats; send imposters to negotiate in good faith; steal; pillage; stone; and threaten life and limb. If one of our soldiers, on the other hand, fails to read a captured no-goodnik his Miranda rights (in his own language), inadvertently splits his lip, or (heaven forbid) as much as touches his pocket Koran, he is brought back stateside and put on trial. It’s obvious we are determined to lose.

During our Revolutionary War, the British wore bright red. They marched in tight formation. We, on the other hand, were free to flit around unseen and pick them off one by one. Not very sporting of us. We were determined to win.

In our domestic political struggle today, Republicans pretty much mind their Ps and Qs. They tend to play by Queensbury’s Rules. Meanwhile, the Dems show no such compunction. They think nothing of trampling on the flag, trampling on the Constitution, trampling on our allies, trampling on our laws… For this they are applauded: They win.

Republicans are far too eager to condemn their own. Tom Delay was an effective fighter for the Republican camp. That’s why he was targeted. It’s happened to plenty of others. Perhaps that’s why so few are willing to step up to the plate and engage in the fight. ...because they know that they’ll be hung out to dry by their own side should they become in any way effective in promoting their cause.

Meanwhile, the Dems defend and promote their sexual deviants, tax cheats and out-and-out failures to the hilt. ...and win.

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