Emasculation of the GOP

An old ribald limerick went, "Twas the night of the Kings castration. The royal ball was coming off." I think I missed something. Has the GOP lost their manhood? (Yes, manhood in the masculine).

I know the press is liberal. I know the war is unpopular. I know that in politics, re-election trumps principle. But give me a break, when the town bully is on the loose is their no one left to step up and call his hand?

Since November the Democrats have been on a rampage. There have been attempts to stop the war, rumblings of tax increases, convictions for non-crimes, pot shots at the constitutional authority of the executive branch , payoff for special interests that support the Democratic party, and 'nere a whimper from the GOP. The Democratic party holds the Senate by one seat. The control of the House is based on a group elected on middle of the road or right of center conservative principles. The demise of the Senator from South Dakota and a walk across the aisle by Senator Lieberman, whose party turned their back on him, would up end the Dem's Senate control.

So where are the troops? Where are the Republicans. If they believe in something other than the good life of staying in office, why don't they stand and fight. Even people like our good junior senator from Texas will criticise the firing of eight U S Attorneys, who serve at the pleasure of the President and who, from some reports, were not willing to press his policies. Clinton fired 93 and not a whimper.

If the Republican party has no principles, no loyalty, no direction and no guts, then what they get they deserve. "How sails the ship of state, sir." Badly listing on the starboard side.