State of the Union

The culture war, Dems vs. Republicans, liberal vs. conservatives, doves vs. neo-cons, secularists vs. evangelicals, environmentalists vs. big business, tax & spend vs. spend & tax, gay vs. straight, legal vs. illegal, pro-choice vs. pro-life, red-states vs. blue-states, smokers vs. non-smokers, embryonic stem-cells vs. adult stem-cells, haves vs. have-nots, original constitutionalists vs. living constitutionalists.........(I could go on, but I am exhausted).

Division is clearly the state of our union and two presidential elections have not determined a clear majority nor mandate in the struggle for dominance in the arena of ideas. However, regardless of how one may feel about the election of 2000, the Republican party has twice gained the seat of power in the U.S. Yet, even with control of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, the Republicans continue to operate as if they are the minority party.

In the past, Democrats, even with slight majorities manhandled the Republican party and regularly put them in their place. Honestly, Republicans do not know how to govern as a majority.....sad but true, and their own electorate is becoming increasingly frustrated with their inability to get anything done. (Just as the Dems planned! Wait til '08!)

The trash and burn tactics of the Dems will only continue and the Republicans, unable to fight back, will once again become the minority, afterwhich we can kiss restraint and God goodbye in Amerika.