By Nonie Darwish
Time for Republican
voters to stop whining over the so-called RINO (Republicans In Name Only) in
congress when in fact it is we, Republican voters, who have failed our
congressional leadership over and over again. How can we expect the republican
leadership to stand up strong to the liberal agenda, media abuse, and
entrapment, when we the voters, who should be their back bone, do not show up
to vote in decisive election years.
Some republican voters
and activists seem unable to not get off their high horses, when in the 2012
election, they refused to elect one of the most decent and competent Americans
running for president, Mit Romney. Their stubborn reasoning was “I would not
vote for a Mormon”, or “he is not conservative enough.” Thus Barak Obama and
Harry Reid, were both re-elected.
Some republican voters
would rather shoot themselves in the foot than realize that politics is a game
of compromise and strategy. Even after the great disappointment with the
re-election of Obama, many continue to complain about the party leadership and
how Boener, McConnel and Graham, are not pushing a more conservative agenda.
Few realize and verbalize the fact that when we failed to elect Romney and kept
the senate in the hands of democrats, we have sucked the power out of
republican leadership.
Not only are they not
getting the support they need to push the conservative agenda, but also they
must survive the cut throat environment in Washington D.C. where, as is often
said, a ham sandwich can be indicted.
The brazen violations
by the IRS and Department of Justice against conservatives and tea party
activists does not go unnoticed by politicians who could be dragged through the
mud by the democratic party machinery and the one sided media. Just ask Sarah
Palin, Michelle Backman, Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay,
etc.
And now many
republicans, including those who were reluctant to vote for Romney, are singing
the same tune before the coming elections: “we are fed up with the republican
party” or “I will change to independent.” Such people are harming the
conservative cause that they claim they love, more than any liberal action.
Such republicans have a misguided, punitive attitude and instead of voting
wisely, they would rather throw the baby with the bath water. They spread
defeatist propaganda among other less informed republicans, which could cause a
split in republican ranks that could bring us a repeat of the Ross Perot fiasco
that contributed to the election of Bill Clinton. But this time, it could be
Hillary.
Republican and
independent voters must wise up this time and understand what is at stake with
the rise of Islamic State while America is under the most incompetent and paralyzed
presidency in its history. If we shoot ourselves in the foot again, we have no
one to blame but ourselves and we might not be able to stand up on our feet
once again.
Democrats are good at
closing ranks and keeping their representatives in power, even those who are
embarrassingly incompetent, such as Nancy Palosi, Harry Reid etc.
No democrat in power
today can hold a candle to the many great republicans we have in office today;
governor Scott Walker, Congressman Paul Ryan, Senator Marco Rubio, governor
Rick Perry, Senator Rand Paul, governor John Kasich, governor Jan Brewer and
former governor Jeb Bush.
The next republican
president of the US will hopefully undo the damage Obama has done to this
nation both internally and externally. But if Republicans don’t show up in
massive numbers to vote then we should not complain if Hillary takes the mantle
from Obama. In that case, it is not the RINO republicans’ fault, but the RINOs
would be us.
Nonie Darwish, author
“The Devil We Don’t Know”
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