Honestly, do the neophyte right Republicans ever engage their brains before engaging their mouths and their fingers? It is starting to become very annoying. They have already cost us the election and handed Congress over to the loons, but not happy with that, they are doing it again today and over the same damn issue.
I don't know if Mel Martinez is a good or a bad pick. Wearing two hats seems dumb. Both the job as Senator and the job as RNC Chair are too big to be multi-tasked. So for that reason I'm not jumping for joy. But, the trashing of Martinez I've seen today on rightside blogs has been brutal, clueless and classless. It pisses me off.
Yes, I want Michael Steele to have a position that honors his accomplishments and the excellent campaign he ran. I want to see him rewarded. But those so out there vocalizing their disgust that Steele was not chosen for RNC Chair and Martinez was do not know if there is something better in store for Michael Steele.
I wasn't sure that he is cut throat enough for the RNC. But in a cabinet role he might have a job that is the perfect fit.
Personally I would have tapped Delay for the job or even Newt Gingrich.
The big objection to Martinez seems to be that he agrees with the President's multi-faceted and comprehensive immigration policy rather than the short-sighted and useless hardline stance of fence, fence, fence. Well, I think that is a positive for him.
But, even more important is the fact that Repubs were only getting slightly over 40% of the Hispanic vote to start with and in this last election that 40% took a nose dive and was cut in half. That is very bad news. Who better to reach out to the Hispanic communities and deal with the immigration issue and bring new voters and new candidates into the mix than a Spanish speaking immigrant who has risen to the U.S. Senate. He is the poster boy. So, if anyone would stop and think this through, perhaps you would shut up and not do to him what you constantly do to the President. Do not undermine him as a person, do not undermine his intelligence, and don't undermine his abilities before he even gets out of the box.
Grow up and stop trying to eat your own. You hand the other side their talking points every damn day. Shut up. Sit back, you don't always know it all or even know best. Most of you are young, still gaining experience and believe me, you are making tons of mistakes. We need common sense experienced street fighters right now, not over-educated prima donas that always think they are more right than anyone else or be damned.
That's all. I'm off to think about starting a brand new party. The SUCCESS party or SCCS, Seasoned Citizens for Common Sense.
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