| One more time political Kool-Aid has prevailed in | | | | drug-induced haze of denial. The 2008 election |
| federal elections for the House and Senate. The | | | | highlighted the fact that none of the Republicans |
| victory will not be publicly announced since it is the | | | | were interested in even trying a moderate |
| desire of both major political parties that no one | | | | withdrawal program. The Democrats gained victory |
| notices the tea party's loss. The scrimmage in the | | | | not only in the presidency, but a majority in the |
| Republican Party primary will rate as the | | | | Senate so large it destroyed their Kool-Aid |
| entertainment highlight of 2010. | | | | concoction for the voters to be served in 2010. The |
| At the end of the elephant follies the tea party lost | | | | Republicans reluctantly conceded their addiction, but |
| most of its potential candidates. The few who have | | | | were not willing to stop cold turkey. The Democrats, |
| survived will blend into the elitist hierarchy. With only | | | | who knew the power of the Super drug they now |
| thirty-seven seats up for sale without a returning | | | | enjoyed was limited, quickly went on a binge. The |
| incumbent, the split is almost even between the | | | | last time product this good was around was in the |
| parting Democrats and Republicans. Figures show that | | | | 1930s! |
| in excess of 90% of elected officials who desire | | | | Grasshopper generation had become so powerful it |
| another term in office are reelected. In non | | | | was stopping worker ants attempting to take |
| presidential years the party of the sitting president | | | | nourishment back to the anthill. The hoppers not only |
| tends to lose more seats. | | | | lifted the product, they gave ants more IOUs to |
| The goal of political pros calling plays for the majority | | | | collect from future generations. The ant storehouse |
| is to maintain one more seat than the minority. | | | | is fast becoming filled with toxic false nourishment. |
| Democrats enjoyed the majority of members in the | | | | The poisonous contents are a noxious combination of |
| House of Representatives for over forty years. Then | | | | entitlement promises and encumbered currency. The |
| in 1994, thanks to Frank Luntz, Republicans prevailed | | | | entitlement promises created by future so-called |
| and captured the majority rule. Any athletic coach | | | | obligations, social security and Medicare. Today's best |
| knows that the secret to winning is executing plays. | | | | estimation is these exceed $100 trillion and are |
| The Luntz contract for America was sold to | | | | growing at cancer-like speed. Our currency is losing |
| Republican House members by Representative Newt | | | | value by the second. Federal Reserve printing presses |
| Gingrich. In the past Democrats had sold the loser | | | | have the potential to extinguish future generations' |
| Republicans the Tip O'Neill wisdom that all politics are | | | | ability to thrive. |
| local. Smarting under the yoke of not being in the | | | | The federal officeholders in each party agree on one |
| majority for forty-two years the Republicans finally | | | | thing, remaining in office is the top priority. A close |
| stopped drinking from the opposition's cup. Contract | | | | second is wanting their party to have majority |
| for America made the 1994 campaign a national | | | | control of at least one of the two legislative bodies |
| issues election. When all the votes were counted the | | | | or the presidency. When sensing danger to their |
| grand old party Republicans had gained a majority. | | | | reelection they can almost instantly change their |
| Washington was in shock! The bureaucracy had | | | | party label, or even declare themselves independent. |
| never served with any party in power other than | | | | Today you can hear loud sighs of relief from the |
| Democrats. By 2006 the memory banks of | | | | two-party political machinery. The move to |
| Republicans had apparently been erased. They had | | | | recommend a new beverage using the tea party |
| forgotten the pain of being in the minority. The mad | | | | recipe has successfully failed. Until November both |
| scientist Frank Luntz presented them a new play | | | | parties will present a great floor show masquerading |
| book with the potential to retain the majority, but | | | | American Idol competition. |
| the party leaders could not remove themselves from | | | | Once again the majority of voters who sincerely |
| the hog trough long enough to even consider the | | | | desire accountability and affordability in their |
| outline. | | | | government are forced to consume inside the |
| The election results put the Republicans squarely | | | | Beltway Kool-Aid - a concoction guaranteed to |
| back into the wilderness, addicts of the drug of | | | | destroy family finances for all future generations. |
| power. An addict can't begin recovery while still in the | | | | Prepare for the worst - pray for better! |