It’s rather amusing to see the Democrats frantically scurrying around like rats exposed to a bright light as they try and undo some strange perception of damage after Rush Limbaugh’s address to CPAC on Saturday. Everyone from Rahm Emanuel to Robert Gibbs have been taking pot shots; as if their opinion means any more than does Rush Limbaugh’s.
Even Michael Steele, chairman of Republican National Committee, had to get his 15 minutes of fame by referring to Rush’s speech as “inciteful” and “ugly” but excusing it because Rush is “merely” an entertainer.
Puh-leese. This dogs-peeing-on-trees behavior is ridiculous. But it’s exactly why more and more people are becoming more and more disenchanted with both the Democrats and the Republicans.
I happen to agree with Rush that we, the people, need a strong, “conservative” candidate to run in 2012. But I am more and more convinced that such a conservative will not be found in the ranks of the Republican party any more than it can come from within the Democratic party. As has been said, to be conservative is not to aspire to any particular party affiliation, no; to be a conservative is a mindset. Milktoast Michael Steele misses the mark with his hip-hop aspirations for the Republican party as widely as do Democrats like Pop-Up Pelosi.
We need a return to basics. We don’t need more government and we certainly don’t need more government employees – elected or hired. We don’t need the continual illusions of divisiveness created just to make up for a personal lack of responsibility and/or fortitude.
We don’t need some self-proclaimed Messiah and we certainly don’t need another Emperor running around naked. What we need, truthfully, is a good, old-fashioned hero. A person who doesn’t judge their own intellect by how many pieces of paper are hung in frames on their wall or by how many favors they can curry by the number of names they can drop. Someone who is sensible and honest, fair and humble. Someone who has a reading comprehension level of at least a 5th grader and the ability to do simple addition and subtraction. Someone with at least a modicum of common sense.
Above all, we need a real American. And though there are many flitting around the beltway and sashaying around governor’s mansions who like to think they fit that bill, I’m afraid they are already part of the problem and therefore automatically disqualified.
It’s time to clean house and start all over again.