But aren't you surrendering to the inevitability of it when you just hang your head in shame and keep voting it into power time and time again?
And aren't we continuing to empower people unworthy to lead by continuing to elect candidates like the ones we have now to office?
You have misread the message.
I joined the Republican Party in Virginia when I retired from the Army in '85. At that time, Virginia was a solid blue state -- all Democrat. I worked with a lot of other people, and now Virginia has a Republican legislature.
I came to Arkansas in '99 and started working. I tried to find candidates, and failed. So I ran for Congress myself. I didn't win, but a string of people came after me -- and we DID finally win and unseat not just one, but TWO Democrat Congressmen -- actually, they declined to run again, because they knew they'd lose.
I helped the wife of a local physician run for State Senator. When she won, other people were lining up to run in the next election.
Arkansas was a Yellow-Dog Democrat state in '99. Now:
All four Congressmen are Republicans
Both Senators are Republicans
Almost 2/3s of the State House is Republican
More than 2/3s of the State Senate is Republican.
ALL the Constitutional Officers (Governor, Attorney General and so on) are Republicans.
ALL of the 75 County Election Commissions have two Republicans to one Democrat.
And our government is responsive to the people and their values.
We're a long way from the old Clinton Democrat machine.