1. Manage expectations.
2. Serve the people, not the press.
3. Neutralize the grievance-mongers: Confront the race card early and often.
4. Neutralize Alinsky’s avenging angels: Counter the human shield strategy early and often.
5. Don’t fall prey to Chicken Little Syndrome again. Don’t.
6. Never forget: Government does not “create jobs.” Politicians don’t create jobs. You are there to stop government from killing jobs in the name of “reform,” the “children,” “emergencies,” global warming, hope, change, etc., etc., etc.
7. Obstruction is not a dirty word.
8. Don’t be afraid to say it: Take Your Olive Branch and Shove It, Democrats.
9. Show, don’t tell: Transparency. Accountability. Integrity. When you fail, you’ll be called out. The “R” after your name doesn’t give you immunity. Ever.
10. This is your oath of office. Live it: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
We would add these points:
11. Do not forget the Constitution is not a gimmick, it is this nation's birth certificate and the reason you, as a legislative body, do what you do.
12. Do not be afraid of sending legislation to the Senate, even if it is apparent that it will not be approved. We need Senate members to go "on record" as to their legislative agenda. Let's not forget the 2012 elections are just 23 months from now.
13. Make certain that your opinions and legislative accomplishments get plenty of "press." We need lots of weekend talk from the conservative folks in congress - going head to head with new Obstructionist Party, the 2011 version of the Socialist Democrat Party.
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