It pains me to say this, but the people only have themselves to blame. In the end no amount of campaign money can pull a lever in the voting booth, term limits only deal with the symptom not the root of the problem that people give into to their nature by having something handed to them from the government or don't bother to measuring the issues against a solid moral base.

James2517, the problem with liberalism is that there is no sin, "do whatever you FEEL that is right to do". Jesus didn't let the woman caught in the act of adultery off the hook, he said "Go and sin no more". Calling sin (whatever form it takes) out is not hate but a calling back to what God has told us was the right way of living. Jesus himself called marriage an act of God between a man and a woman, do you want to argue with him?

Answer me this Lois, how much do you think someone should make responsible for the movement of billions of dollars through a health care system and for the jobs of tens of thousands of employees? Is it fair all the time, no, but how well would YOU do with the responsbilities that go along in that position(s)?

Jack2894 let me attempt to uncomplicate this for you. For the most part people DID have control over their own bodies; they CHOSE to have intercourse and now do not want to deal with the consequences (such as being a responsible parent). Before you jump on the rape and incest bandwagon, I say sure make abortions the option of last resort but only after each case is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

And what do you base "OK" on? What is your standard of moral measurement? Do you have a moral standard?

The actions civilian authority (the police) are bound by the Constitution not battlefield strategy. Are you confortable with a government figure determining what “extraordinary circumstances" are outside the Constitution?

If there was time there would have been an attempt to do something else to prevent the attack and/or determine who these people were BEFORE shooting down the airplane, the suspicion of what the hijackers would be confirmed and therefore dealt with.

True on Roberts, but what of the other conservatives on the court? Roberts did sell out his office, but one can hope he learned a lesson, you will not get such thought from the new female appointees from BHO.

And who was he marginalized by? The MSM of course, the propaganda arm of the DNC. A fair number of voters buy into the "rolling granny off the cliff" story without THINKING.

There is a difference in this respect, the courts, particularly the SCOTUS. Most folks miss that completely. At least at this point you will not see truly liberal justices approved by Republicans if they have a say in it. That is still a big deal.

Sadly dysfunctional government is a reflection of the people that placed them in office. The masses of voters that pulled the lever for BHO "just because" (insert lame reason here) could care less about principle. Like it or not elections are determined by those I call the "mushy middle" that lives by either their special interest hand out or by what they hear in a sound bite. The conservatives' only hope is to educate enough of the "mushy middle" to understand and vote for those with conservative values.