In the past year, the GOP has experienced a rise and fall in the
landscape that makes up our supposed "grand" party... We've watched as
presidential hopefuls have come and gone on a whim, many jumping in the
race primarily in hopes of finding a point of popularity that can be
found more fashionable the next candidate and in the long-run, beat out
obama(yes, I purposely did not capitalize his name) come November 6,
2012. The thing I've noticed more than anything else, however, is the
unbelievable lack of respect that a supposed conservative party has
displayed for one another. Republican and Tea Party voters have jumped
on bandwagons, selected their candidate and for the most part, it's
been all others must FALL! I'm just as guilty as the next in this
respect, having seemingly no care in the world for the political
outlooks of those also representing my party, wishing and praying for
the answer that will bring about a better America...
But
why are we allowing this to be the case? Do we not recognize that as we
tear each other down, the liberal agenda rises up? obama supporters and
the democratic party have no point of disagreement as we do, they have
their candidate and they know who they will support in November, while
we battle royale and bicker about the who's and what's of the GOP
nomination. Forget a simple disagreement with political stances on
health care or economic fixes, we attack the very soul of a candidate
and the word "evil" runs rampant in the descriptions of candidates on
twitter feeds everywhere.
I'm tired of adhering to
the hopes of the obama campaign, knowing that liberals everywhere watch
with ear-to-ear grins as we tear our own party to the ground. I'm tired
of making this election easy for them... And more importantly, I'm
tired of fighting with those who I've stood behind in times past simply
because we disagree on a candidate.
Let it be known,
while I do not agree with many of Romney's policies and I am a Newt
Gingrich supporter, I vow to be the better man (or in my case, woman)
in the fight against ourselves and will try to rise above the
belittling and derogatory statements that have been the make up of our
republican party in the last several months. I will no longer attack
those who support other candidates and will, when a candidate is
chosen, do all that I can to see to it that obama, liar-in-chief, is
not reelected.
We owe it to our party and our nation
to stand together for as the honorable Lincoln once said, "a house
divided against itself cannot stand."
Blessings,