A Gentleman’s view.

Minority Leader Limbaugh, the only Republican man of “Steel”.

It seems that the party of mean, tough, don’t take none of nothing from any one son of a woman of ill repute, ever! We know how to rip a man’s reputation to shreds and have fun doing it all along. If one going against us in the process of challenging for an office, be them forewarned, this as a party is how we roll. We will take either the strongest element the opposition has or the weakest link in our resume and use it in any and all means to destroy the good name of our opponents always. This has been developed as the Republican Party standard operating procedure and we demand it of all of our members, and only the best rise under these rules for the competition is fierce! The competition has been raggedy for the Grand ‘Ole Party this time around as the stars of the minor leagues; the attractive Governor Palin, the intellectual Bobby Jindal and the dapper Party Chair Michael Steele fell on their collective faces.

The new rising but non-traditional faces put forth by the Republican Party, but seemingly not ready for prime time players along with the likes of “Joe the plumber”. Palin was her own worst enemy who knew not what the Party was using her for or what role she wanted to play in it. As an Executive of a State in America, she came off more like the small town community organizer she put down so often during the campaign than did Barack Obama. Governor Bobby Jindal was not an improvement when his moment to shine was thrust upon him as a rebuttal to what was probably the best speech by this President to date. He gives a speech making a weak claim for the power of his party’s allowing him to be their “Barack Obama”, in that he is a son of a immigrant and not had this party accuse him of being a citizen of another foreign country and therefore no right to hold office in the country at all, that along with the traditional Republican mantra. The man of “Steele”, the first black to be the head of any position of respect and/or so called authority as a highly visible representative of the party, shows not all mean men know how to stand up to a mean man. I was under the impression that for a black man to even be in the running for this position, he would have to be one unusual individual at the very least worthy of further investigation like I expect Jackie Robinson was. Alas, this man of no steel made here in America, could do no more that the average white male could when it comes to the true leader to America’s Republican Party; the infamous Rush Limbaugh.

Republicans who’ve dared to criticize Rush only to beg for his forgiveness:

Michael Steele RNC Chairman Michael Steele:

Rush is not the head of the Republican Party. He’s an “entertainer” whose show is “incendiary” and “ugly.”

I’m Sorry, Rush
“My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh…”

“I was maybe a little bit inarticulate… There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”

“I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren’t what I was thinking…”

Congressman Phil Gingrey, Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA):

“I mean, it’s easy if you’re Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don’t have to try to do what’s best for your people and your party. “

I’m Sorry, Rush
“I clearly ended up putting my foot in my mouth on some of those comments and I just wanted to tell you, Rush, [...] that I regret those stupid comments.”

Gov. Mark Sanford Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC):

“Anybody who wants [President Obama] to fail is an idiot, because it means we’re all in trouble…”

I’m Sorry, Rush
Sanford’s Communications Director, said that “the governor was not referring to anyone” in particular.

At the end of the former dictatorship we just slid out from under with the all Powerful President Bush and his side kick: number one; the V. P. Dick Cheney, Bush finally gets his back up and refuses to grant Scooter Libby a pardon to the point of having his intermediaries cutting him, Cheney off at the pass. But, now we see one after another, each one of the most powerful members from both legislative branches offering apologies to the man behind the mike, the voice of the quiet ones still listening for that tree, or trying to find the forest it fell in. He, who represents the small minded thinking, the narrow, non-inclusive mind set who just wants the rest of us to go on back home, wherever that is. He has the support of all the major players: Haley Barbour, Eric Cantor, and John Boehner as those who have yet to anger this media mogul of sorts. And have had Steele, Governor Mark Stanford, and Congressman Gingrey run back to publicly beg for the Mighty One’s forgiveness.

The party’s approach to cleaning up the trash their President left in the Oval Office for Barack Obama is to be the party of “NO”. Their point of political attack is that all the stimulus being called for will just be a waste of taxpayer dollars, and having not voted to approve any of it, they should be able to wrest back either the House or the Senate come 2010, definitely 2012 at the latest. But see, what had happened was the lack of either a legitimate voice or a plan to clean up the mess we are in. This while at  the same time not use the usually mean tactic of making so many of us Americans suffer as known to be the way Republicans operate. What the “Party” is left with is good “Ole Rush baby, coming to the rescue, much to the chagrin of the rest of the party. He is picking up the weakest point of any of the party’s most popular themes, the liberals are attacking our capitalist way of life. Making this theme the rallying cry for the very people suffering from this damage the Republican party inflicted on its most loyal supporters; the middle class. His is the only voice with strength of conviction, as all of the prior mentioned players lack such. He has the audacity to think he can sit down with the President of the United States of America and debate the state of affairs in this country, be it on his show. This is something no other elected member of his party is willing to do to get something done about the mess we are in. Man is this Grand ‘Old Party hurting in a major way or what?

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