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    News of the defeat (yet again) of the current proposal to reform immigration came as a relief to me. This bloated, inefficient and often self-contradictory piece of legislation was way to much carrot with nary a stick to be found as far as I could tell. The yeomans work of many pundits and bloggers all across the political spectrum is to be commended. Although a heady victory, it still leaves me with a dilemma.  
    This is but the latest example that the GOP wants nothing from conservatives except their money and cooperation. The more we tried to make the party understand how unsatisfied we were with this legislation, the more we were reviled by the leadership. Trent Lott,John McCain and Arlen Specter strike me as just the type of petty malcontents who will make it a priority to rein in what they believe to be the more radical elements in the party. Well I say screw them as I never had much use for them in the past and have even less in light of their more recent behavior. But they are still considered to be leaders in the party. I hope primary challenges they were threatened with during this debacle proceed and they are unseated.
    If some sort of conservative backbone cannot be reinserted into the Republican party, I'm not sure what choice I have left. Third party chances are long and dim. The only alternative I can see is heading out into the wilderness for a couple of decades to try and build a party from scratch. My sincere hope is that, having gazed into the abyss, our representatives will turn to the tasks we sent them to perform and set to with a mind to what their constituents desire and not what Washington prefers.

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