ace.....I would urge you to read the testimony of Kenneth Starr (hardly a flaming liberal) and his argument for voting rights in the House based on the
"Seat of Goverment Clause majestic in its scope" (
link-pdf)
or Viet Dinh, conservative former US attorney, Georgtown Univ law professor and principal author of the Patriot Act -
"The Authority of Congress to Enact Legislation to Provide the District of Columbia with Voting Represenation in the House of Representatives" (
link-pdf)
But beyond that, DC voting rights in the House is not a desire among most DC voting rights supporters for statehood or Senators. The supporters believe in the concept that the House of Rep is the "people's house" including the people of DC...and the Senate is the "states house" as envisoned in the Constution.
Now we are way off track....but please, read up more on DC voting rights before you jump to conclusions and make broad generalizations.
edit - my final thoughts on the central issue here, now that we've beaten it to death:
On rereading many of your posts, IMO (and I am not trying to read your mind or put words in your mouth), it appears to me that actions that you dont agree with you tend to characterize as politically motivated for political gain (you use those expressions often), rather than having any altrustic motive or public policy value.
I think its sad to have such a cynical attitude about goverment and politics, but I do understand what has driven people to that extreme.