Rebuilding the Party?

Republicans suck. Let me fix it.

I’m not sure where to begin with this next entry.  I was surfing the latest political news websites looking for something interesting.  I came across this whole “South Carolinian Governor Scandal.”  The headline, as well as the topic as a whole, isn’t that interesting.  It’s what I found inside the article that seemed to strike the wrong note in my Conservative blood.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty had a few words to say on the issue.  I agree with his point of view about the situation regarding South Carolina’s Governor Mark Sanford.  He states, “Any time you have leading figures who are engaged in behavior that is sad and troubling and hypocritical, other people are going to look at that and say, ‘Hmm, they don’t walk the walk.’ And so the words and the actions don’t ring true.  It certainly hurts the brand.”  Indeed Governor Pawlenty, we should hold our leaders up to the standard they place on their party.  This is where you played the wrong note.  He went on to say, “I think I can make a contribution, in a positive way, for trying to rebuild this party. And it needs it.”

Pawlenty isn’t worried about the actual situation.  He’s looking for an opportunity to knock down his own party so he can ride on his white horse and save the Republican party.  He’s taking a shot at his own people.  Seriously, a Democrat won the election.  Nothing happened to the voters in our party.  Nothing has happened to the core values and belief system that we have.  This is what has happened.  We have a lack of leadership.  Folks, Rush Limbaugh is a great Republican and a strong leader, but HE IS NOT running for office in 2012.  We can’t depend on Rush to keep our party thriving.  The few leaders we have now (Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, Michael Steele, and many more) aren’t what they need to be in order to run this party.

My beef with Pawlenty (virtually an unknown in the political realm) is his idea of knocking down others to make himself look worthy.  Not happening Governor!  Not only did I want to smack Pawlenty for opening his trap, but it made me realize that our party will need rebuilding if someone doesn’t step up.  Who have we had to look towards since King Obama took over the White House?  Is there not one Republican out there willing to step up to the plate? 

Is it just me?  Do Republicans look like feeble old men on Capital Hill trying to fight Obama and his agents of CHANGE?  Where have all the real men gone?