It’s times like these… The political treason of Snowe, Spector and Collins and Question for Mr. Steele.
Not all that long ago, I was completely wrapped up in Republican politics. I rose to the position of Executive Director to a state party (It was this position that open my eyes the most); I had worked for the better part of 2 decades for free to get Republicans at all levels elected, because I believed.
Locally, a member of the party executive board for my county was working full time to get a democrat elected to our county commission (Including being well-paid by that democrat) while I worked for months to get my Republican candidate elected to the same position. (Now, 4 years later, he’s been elected in one of the closest imaginable races for a 400,000 plus county)
Another allegedly Republican person, an elected Precinct Committee officer, chose to run for a utilities commissioner position.
In so doing, that PCO endorsed democrats Cantwell for Senate, Baird for Congress and the democrat for county commissioner.
I brought this to the attention of the local GOP hierarchy, expecting, at a minimum, for this board member to be tossed off the board.
I was wrong. Nothing happened. So, a few days before the election, I resigned MY position on the Board in protest at this lack of concern; this lack of commitment to party principles and this complete lack of party discipline.
With that resignation and other cave ins by Republicans at every level to democrat agendas (You ever seem to notice the frequency where GOP’ers cave in to democrats, and the rarity where the reverse takes place?) I slowly saw MY party drift away from me… to the point where three members of what used to be my party are now betraying everything we stand for… betraying these same principles… betraying these bedrock ideals that are supposed to mean something when it’s most important.