Courage of Conviction

Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting a different result.

I think it is now safe to medically diagnose the PA House of Representatives and all of it’s existing members as insane.  I’ll give the new members a pass on this one - they were probably lucky to just get around the capitol, let alone figure out who to vote for leadership.

The existing Republican members ought to be ashamed of themselves in re-electing the same “leadership” team that caused them to lose seats.  When will the members get a backbone and give Perzel and his arrogant cronies the finger and get rid of them????  When, oh when, will the Republicans in the House of Representatives take a stand for the taxpayers of this state?  When, oh when, will elected Republicans get the message that the grassroots has had enough arrogance? 

The reform movement still has a great deal of work to do.  The people of Pennsylvania have spoken, but the elected officials aren’t listening. 

Couple this with the Chairman Gleason refusing to resign and the Republican establishment has just given the finger to the Republican grassroots and refused to make changes that are necessary.  Elected Republicans just signaled to the public that they feel that they haven’t lost enough seats to get the message.  Elected Republicans announced to the world that they are weak and worthless - they won’t take a stand to fight for what is right.  Elected Republicans have declared themselves insane.  We should not rely on them to actually fight for the principles of the Republican Party any longer. 

The question now becomes what do registered Republicans do?  They have a few options:

1. They could do nothing.  As Bob Durgan always says they can shut up and pay their taxes.

2. They can continue to put pressure on their Representatives until they get the message.

3.  They can start today to plan their campaigns against incumbents for 2008.  This would mean a rebuilding strategy from the ground up - electing real Republicans to lower positions with the idea that they will advance and replace idiot insane Republicans as they do move up.

4. They can leave the party and go elsewhere until the party returns to its roots.

I will be curious to see what happens over the next two years.  I’ll be honest and tell you that I also have to make a decision on what to do as well.  I’ll let you know what I decide when I get there.  I can tell you this much - it ain’t gonna be option 1 - I have too much fun pissing the establishment off for me to go away and shut up. 

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