You are the most vocal posting member of this board supporting the Democrats, and your sig line is "Come and take them" from Thermopylae. I'm just trying to figure out what you would do if your wish comes true, and if my fears are valid.
Do you hand them over or not?
First, I do not support Democrats. I've never voted for a Democrat and most likely never will. The goal is not that a Democrat win, but that the Republicans lose. And I think they only need to lose big one time. Then they'll get it and begin representing their constituency again. But they're confused as to who their constituency is. The problem is you who continue to vote Republican yet continually bitch about them as they continue to act like Democrats.
You'd rather 'hold your nose' and vote Republican. So, accept the consequences and quit complaining. Instead, look in the mirror and you'll see the source of your unhappiness. If you keep doing what you've always done, you always get what you always got. You're fear based. You've drunk the rightwing neocon fearmongering KoolAid that without Republicans in office, the Dems will eat your lunch, take your guns, kill your kids and lock you up.
I want change. I want representation. I want Republicans to act like Republicans and repent and turn away from their big government, big spending, corporated asskissing, freedom grabbing ways. The only way I see to get there is to spank them, and spank them hard, by letting nature take its course and withdrawing support for them. And, I'm hoping there are millions of disaffected Republicans like me who will do the same.
You know, one day you quivering, fear based automatons will thank those of use who won representation in government back for you. Think of me as your Rosa Parks.
Oh, and 'Come and Take Them' means 'Come and Take Them'. I won't surrender my firearms. Period. End of Story. I had a long talk with my Dad, a WWII combat vet, shortly before he died, about this very subject. If I had any reservations before that conversation, I certainly have none afterward. I'm 62 now and will be older by the time anybody comes to 'take them'. And again, there are millions more like me. When the dust settles, you youngsters may have only us old farts to thank for standing up against tyranny, which will never come if your Constitutional rights are represented in government.
And that's the whole point of free elections, isn't it?