Has The G.O.P. Lost Its Moral Compass For Good? Sinful Hypocrites!..Is A Revival Possible?

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Considering all the recent scandals about Infidelity within the G.O.P., I'm sure the late President Abraham Lincoln (first Republican Pres.) is probably rolling over in his grave right about now.

Perhaps I'm wrong in my analysis but aren't Republicans supposed to be the party of Family Values and Godly Morales?

Since when did God tell these powerful men that it was okay by him for them to cheat on their spouses? When????

Is there a new God in existence advising them that the rest of us don't know about?

Since "the apple doesn't usually fall far from its tree" I wonder where the origin of these G.O.P. Extramarital Affairs began.

I could blog about rumors I heard regarding some leaders from the previous Administration breathing "hot and heavy" with women who weren't their wives, but I won't. (Sorry I don't have enough evidence....yet!)

How does the G.O.P. expect to ever bounce back if they continue down this road?

To all Republican Political Leaders: Your running away the Young people, your running away Minorities, your running away Female voters and your ruining the future of what was once an extremely Effective, Relevant Political party.

This is an absolute shame!

In addition, trying to ignore these scandals or use Pres. Obama's policies as a smokescreen (hint, hint Eric Cantor, John Boehner) isn't helping either.

Someone be it male or female, within the Republican party who doesn't have any terrible hidden skeletons or past extramarital affairs history, needs to take control and start a Revival.

NOT a Conservative Movement Revival, a People Revival!

Invest in and Focus on the needs of the American People and STOP fighting with President Obama.

Now is not the time for Political Posturing or Separate Agendas!

In case you haven't noticed Voters (your Constituents) are suffering and hurting.

People need JOBS! Should it matter if its a Job created by Recovery Act Funds or if its a Green Job?

Get over yourself G.O.P.!

Whether you want to admit it or not, Pres. Obama walked into office on January 20, 2009 and discovered a multi-trillion dollar deficit.

This deficit was created over a period of eight years, however the G.O.P. miraculously expects this Mortal man (Pres. Obama) to eliminate it in 6 or 7 months!

None of you seemed to have a problem with Former President George W. Bush spending billions of dollars a month in Iraq, but your screaming your lungs out over Pres. Obama's efforts to stop the long term Fiscal bleeding.

When the Banks and Wall Street firms were robbing common everyday folks blind, none of you said anything then either.

Instead of attacking Pres. Obama's policies which are only being established to help heal our nation, why don't all G.O.P. leaders standing on the sidelines barking like vicious attacks dogs, just step up and admit they are angry we now have a BLACK President in the Oval office?

While we're on the subject of Racism let's be real shall we?

Sanford's rebellion (the Stimulus Funds issue) is due to him not wanting to submit to a Black President. (Secession)

Palin's resignation was due to similar reasons. (Another Secession)

Just go on ahead (like Pat Buchanan did) and get it out of your system so you can move on to re-branding the Republican Party.

Of course once G.O.P. leaders do stand up and admit they don't like the idea of our country having a Black President, in about a year or two everyone will be asking "whatever happened to the G.O.P.?"

Even though I'm a Democrat now (I've haven't always been) who is proud to help Pres. Obama straighten out this mess, I still believe in a two-party Political system.

However...if the Republicans are more interested in destroying our nation due to Racism, Selfishness, Polarizing Politics and Refusing to keep their pants zipped around women who are NOT their wives, then I will have no problem adjusting to a totally Democratic Party country.

For the record I do think that Rep. Eric Cantor would be an Excellent Republican Presidential contender for 2012 but only if his background is clean and only if he can sincerely demonstrate to the American people that his opposition to President Obama is not due to Racism.

Considering what he inherited, I firmly believe that Pres. Obama is doing a commendable job and deserves everyone's support. Including the Republican members of Congress.

In the mean time I will continue to pray for Pres. Obama's success.

HEALTH CARE REFORM CAN'T WAIT!


P.S.

(I said I was proud to be a National Democrat, not a NC Democrat because the NC Democratic party is Corrupt beyond normal Corruption. They know it and don't care to fix it. Thus I will remain proud and Loyal to the National Democratic Party.)



(During an interview last week on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace Rep. Eric Cantor, the second-ranking House Republican, said the recent scandals involving Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford were "not good" but said the party is "not just about personalities -- it's about ideas."

When pressed by Wallace as to whether the two adulterous Republicans should step down, the Virginian said "it is up to them.")




(A Capitol Hill townhouse serving as a dormitory and meeting place for conservative Christian lawmakers has been linked to a third extramarital affair. The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson discusses.)

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(The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is speaking out about her husband’s political future and says she’s keeping focused on her children. NBC’s Norah O’Donnell reports.)

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(Individual Commentary by Douglas MacKinnon)

I've found myself thinking lately about the tag-line for a 1974 horror movie: "If this doesn't make your skin crawl, it's on too tight."

What brought the saying to mind? Most recently, it was Nevada Sen. John Ensign. And before that it was South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig.

I am a former Republican and now an Independent Conservative, and what is going on with the GOP right now makes my skin crawl. What has happened to the party of morals, character and traditional beliefs?

Ensign, Sanford and Vitter should join Craig in the private sector and resign immediately. Not because they cheated on their wives but because of their hypocrisy and the sleazy things they've done in concert with their philandering.

Too many of my Republican friends offer excuses: "Democrats do the same thing," they say. But that won't play with the American people.

The Republican leadership -- especially any member of it who is thinking of running for president in 2012 -- needs to step back and acknowledge that the party is damaged, dysfunctional and coming across as hypocritical. There was a time when Republicans stood for something, but today it's no longer clear what the party's basic tenets are or who speaks for it.

The party doesn't even seem able to field a presidential candidate who understands why he or she is running. As one high-level Republican friend said to me of the 2008 race: "McCain was like an old dog chasing a car. He wasn't quite sure why he was chasing the car, and wouldn't know what to do with a car if he caught it, but at that stage of his life, he felt he had to chase the largest car going by."

Now that it's the party on the outside looking in, the GOP has to stop sending out the next candidate in line to chase the largest car going by and instead figure out what it stands for and how to connect with the changing complexion of our nation. That, or prepare for political extinction

So what can the party do? Two things. Reclaim the principles of honor, decency and morality, and connect with the extremely broad base of Americans who embrace those attributes.

Earlier this year, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush -- supported by Haley Barbour, John McCain and others -- gathered at a pizza parlor in Arlington, Va., to announce something called the "National Council for a New America." But the true "new America" isn't one inhabited by older, wealthy, white politicians.

I'm a conservative who grew up in abject poverty and was homeless a number of times as a child. More often than not, as a white child, I found myself living -- until the next eviction -- in predominantly black neighborhoods. That's where I caught my first glimpse of true American heroes: the single black moms who worked two or three jobs and did everything in their power to protect and advance their children. Today, I'm married to a Hispanic American woman and have witnessed up front the true "family values" that American Latinos embrace.

To make itself relevant again, the GOP needs to shed the morally bankrupt leaders who have violated the trust of their families and their constituents and embrace a broader base, a broader definition of what it is to be a conservative.

For what it's worth -- and as one who comes from the unwashed masses -- I'd tell the Republican leaders to go silent, get off the screen and get out among the American people for a few months and simply listen. Just listen. By doing so, they just might rediscover their lost convictions.


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