The GOP strategy

     I watched Glenn Beck' s show with amazement recently as the new GOP strategy unfolded with unabashed candor.  Both Beck and Rush Limbaugh attacked John McCain on the basis of his liberal positions on certain issues.  The two conservative hacks bashed McCain repeatedly and affirmed that he was not the conservative they wanted in the white house. The men are at an impasse, not knowing where to turn for a front runner in the Republican race.

 

     Beck had a gleeful moment when he imagined the stress the democrats are having in their attempts to sort out a choice between Obama and Clinton. He hinted at race riots and civil unrest among the democrats nomatter who is selected as the top nominee.  The two democratic candidates are tied for the lead and the selection will probably be decided by the uncommited delegates at the national convention. Once the choice is made, the losers will be outraged, splitting the party into two camps without hope of reconciliation. Beck chuckles at the prospect and believes this will leave the democrats at such odds that the Republicans will again assume power in Washington. His problem rests with the presumption that McCain will be elected, a man he does not like.

 

     The stategy is flawed, however, because the conservatives are unable to distinguish the difference between rigid positions among Republicans the the more flexible attitudes of the Democrats. We can accept a setback and still move on, because the health of this nation is more important than just winning. A change is necessary if our country is to heal and become whole again. So regardless of who wins the democratic nomination, we will join ranks and beat back the threat not only to our pocketbooks but to our untimate salvation.