In this surprising calm since the election I am amazed at how many times I have heard what it will take for the Republicans to return to power.  Since I do not count myself as a Republican OR Democrat, perhaps I am confused as to what happened on Election Day.

I am not interested in the present day Republicans returning to power.  I am even less enthused with the selections that were made on November 7^th. 

We have replaced a Speaker of the House who, as I see it, had at least some knowledge of the deviant actions of Mark Foley yet did nothing about it, with a Speaker of the House who garners the support of the labor unions yet, will not allow a union presence in any of her businesses.

We have replaced a meek and mild do-nothing Senate Majority Leader with one who has undermined President Bush in any way, shape, or form possible while harping about the President’s lack of “reaching out” to Democrats over the aisles on Capital Hill. 

The country needs a full house cleaning in Washington D.C.  The daily stench that emanates from this cesspool is overwhelming.  This is the message that was sent to Washington last week.  It wasn’t a moratorium on the war as most pundits try to tell us.  It wasn’t a moratorium on any specific policy of the current administration.

What I believe that it was, was an attempt, by the voting electorate, to tell the “public servants” that represent us that they are NOT acting as public servants NOR are they representing us. 

I have developed a very simple formula, which can be applied to the Congressman or Senator of your choice, that will tell you whether or not you have a public servant or an elected official that is drunk with power.  All you need to do is ask him three very simple and direct questions.

1. Do you support term limits?
2. Do you support HR25, the “Fair Tax”?
3. Do you support construction of a border control fence on our boundary with Mexico

Scoring is easy, each question, if answered yes, awards the subject 1 point.

If the “public servant” scores less than 3, then they are corrupt with power. 

An answer of NO to question #1 indicates that this politician will be involved in re-election activities about 49% of the time.  This translates into the fact that he will not have any time to address the issues you have elected him to work on.

An answer of NO to question #2 indicates that this politician will be involved in lobbyist activities about 49% of the time.  This translates into the fact that he has more interest in manipulating the tax code to accommodate his lobbyist buddies' clients than to participate in the largest return of power possible to the people of this country. 

An answer of NO to question #3 indicates that this politician has never read the Constitution NOR understood his Constitutional obligations to protect the citizens of this country.

PROVE ME WRONG