Republican Principles ( an oxymoron)

I never got Limbaugh-- never understood why anyone would listen to him, for me it is the Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney syndrome-- I assume there is so much money behind them that they cannot fall from press prominence ergo hoc sic propter hoc they are Republican leaders.  But notice the quick rise from nowhere for Pres Obama- bare 2 yrs in the Senate before he took center stage. the money dynamic followed the swath of leadership.

 I worked in the Congress for liberals and progressive thinkers- Sen Kennedy, Wms., Pell, Mondale, Biden -Democrats yes but also Republicans like Jacob Javits, Clifford Case,  i worked around arch conservatives too, like Strom Thurmond  - it was easy to see what they stood for.  Today there is no longer a wall between public service and the reach of deep pocket fundors- there is no refuge for conscience, the demands are shrill and uniformed-- it is the way I can rationalize the money trough around the Shutdown? default-  an unbridled assault on democracy,  the Republicans appear unprincipled but that is an illusion, there is one overriding principle  to do as the master commands, however, that master is not the people.

I saw a small example of this today, I was mis-mailed a survey from a conservative Republican in Alabama- my choices were  to support raising taxes to reduce the debt or cutting spending to reduce the debt, or both...if cuts then what programs to cut...and there is the problem-- I advised him to tax derivatives to the max or abolish them, i advised him to give tax credits for new jobs here n the US and to  spend more money now -while it is cheap to do so to create jobs-- public service jobs to repair infrastructure, build libraries and computer centers- on and on  and this schmuck is gonna say-- the people want us to reduce spending no matter what--- tsk tsk-- he only listens if we repeat back what he has been told to hear...he is in the House but he represents nothing more than the next check from someone much more important to him than the people he represents.. time to prosecute some Gerrymander fraud, One-man one  vote cases.
The immigration law is a tidal point in US politics and our history as we transition to a non-white majority, and perhaps finally to a global citizenship not based on arms trade and warfare.