Originally put up on pistol-forum, then reposted on her blog.
The relentless pressure of centuries of party politics in the US has finally resulted in breeding a highly specialized strain of political animals.
Like a swaybacked dysplasiac GSD or a shivering teacup Chihuahua, they are perfectly adapted for winning a blue ribbon on election day and very little else.
We've reached the point De Tocqueville predicted where enough people have realized they can vote for the .gov to take money from other people and give it to them that the only way to get elected is to promise to steal things from one group and give it to another. Who the groups are and how the money is spent varies, but it never deviates from the basic idea.
