Having been raised in the south and lived here most of my adult life I have heard the expression, "he/she is just too stubborn to die." many times.  This came to mind when I read about Newt Gingrich’s revelations that if Hillary or Obama look like they will be the Democratic nominee he will run.  Only I would change it too, "he’s too stubborn to know that he has been reduced to a punch line."  Not as catchy but accurate.

Last month my wife and I went to Jamaica to celebrate our 17th anniversary.  It was overcast the whole time but we did have a nice time.  The reason for my diary actually occurred on our arrival back to the US of A.  We flew into DFW and disembarked and were told to go to Immigration Services.  So we took off down the corridor and as we took a turn we were faced by a 3 foot by 4 foot sign welcoming us to the United states.  I suppose it should make me feel all warm and fuzzy but it did not.  The sign read, "The US Department of Homeland Security welcomes you to the United States of America."

That is the one line repeated over and over in the last two years that drives me nuts.

Everything that the republicans have screwed up in the last two plus years has been met with a chorus of "We shouldn't play politics with this" by the shills of the right wing.

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I wrote this diary several days ago but never posted it.  After revelations of Bush Co. having no plan for what to do if, or when the Democrats take over congress I had to post it.

One thing that the republicans under the direction of Karl Rove have been exceptional at is taking a bad situation for them and turning it around so that no justice or punishment can be administered.  So why would they have no plan?  Simple, they don't plan on sticking around!