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For Decades, Parents Were Told By So-called Parenting 'experts' That Offspring Would Be Best Raised On The Belief Each Is Special And Entitled To All Life Has To Offer.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

Moveon Loves Government. It Remains Enamored Of Government Spending As Fuel For Its Liberal Agenda; And Anything That Threatens To Close That Spigot In Any Degree Is Perceived As A Dire Threat - Worthy Of Chicken-little Warnings That The Sky Is Going To Fall.

I Sense That Conservatives Have Largely Already Tuned Out To The Coming Elections, After Six Years Of Burgeoning Federal Spending And Inaction On Key Issues, Such As Immigration. The Republican Party Has Become The Party Of The Government Status Quo, And Conservatives See No Reason To Reward It With Their Votes.

It Is High Time For Some Congressional Oversight Backbone.