GOP Doesn't Hear Me
So I got another letter from my buddy Ken Mehlman. He writes me quite regularly. I've written back a couple of times, but he seems never to actually get what I'm saying to him.
Our relationship is pretty straightforward. I gave the RNC a lot of time and money in 2004, because I believe in President Bush's vision and I believed that a Republican Congress would give me the best chances of seeing this vision carried forward. Ken likes that I gave a lot of time and money, and he thinks it would be great if I would give even more money this year. Here's an excerpt from the beginning of the latest of his missives:
On November 2, 2004, President Bush and our Republican candidates scored a sweeping and historic victory. ...There can be no doubt: Americans have spoken ... and their trust and confidence in President Bush is crystal clear. ...But despite these tremendous accomplishments—the fight for America's future is far from over. In fact, the real battle is just beginning ...
Now here's my problem: I pay for RESULTS. As I see it, I payed, but I got no results. What's the point (I occasionally ask Ken in my unanswered letters) in a Republican majority if that majority includes RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) like my own Senator Arlen Specter? What's the point in having a Republican majority if Republicans don't act like they have a majority.
I payed and I campaigned, and all I see from "my" party is a fetid pile of namby-pamby good-old-boy network political cowardice. All Ken's talk of "battles" and "fights" is insulting. The results of the GOP's mishandling of Presidential appointments and nominees looks indistintuishable from what we would have got from a Democratic majority.
I pay for results. Until I see results, I'm not paying another penny. I'm directly supporting Senator Rick Santorum's reelection campaign, because he has the integrity to take tough stands on issues he believes in that I think are important. The rest of the party can hang.