
My Third Rule of Politics
“Democrats are intensely partisan, and they prove that partisanship by screwing Republicans whenever they are in power. Republicans are intensely nonpartisan, and they prove that nonpartisanship by screwing Republicans whenever they are in power. So it doesn’t matter who is in power, Republicans get screwed.”
I first began developing this rule when I saw how the Democrats handled the redistricting process. We all know that Democrats have been attacking Republicans for gerrymandering districts since 2010. Of course, they gerrymandered legislative and Congressional districts at every opportunity since they started controlling most of the state legislative chambers in the 1940s. Between 1954 and 1994, Democrats maintained control of Congress throughout that time by gerrymandering Congressional districts throughout the country. When I was first elected, Democrats controlled all three centers of political power, that is, the two houses of the Legislatures, and the Governors, in 30 states. Republicans only had that tripartite power in 3 states, the rest were divided. Those states where Democrats everything, they used gerrymandering to hold onto… Read More