Posted by
SLW on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:03:56 PM
Some Republicans are touting the non importance of the upcoming elections. They claim that it won’t matter if Republicans stay home and don’t vote, in fact it might be a good thing.
The argument goes something like this. If the Democrats regain control in November, it will teach the Republicans a lesson and our Party will then become stronger. The loss of majorities for our party will force the Republicans to be more conservative. The Democrats won’t have much power because their majorities will be small and Bush will be there with his veto pen and will finally have a chance to use it.
Many analogies are being used to support this position or to debunk it. Football analogies seem to be among the favorites. Therefore let me try my own. I apologize if it has already been used by someone.
Let’s say that my football team has won every game of the season, but they have made mistakes and haven’t played up to my expectations. We are down to the final game and I decide that they don’t deserve to win, so I don’t care if the game ends in a tie or if they lose. I will even go so far as to sit with the other team’s fans and root for them. I think that everyone would agree that this would be ridiculous.
I pray that my fellow Republicans who are thinking this way might reconsider the folly of such an approach. Losing is never winning. Loss of momentum can be crucial. This could be the most important election in our history.
If the Democrats gain control and begin investigations of the Bush administration we will lose focus on the war on terror and the Democrats, with the MSM or their side, will have momentum in the 2008 elections. Then we could get another Jimmy Carter. If we don't stay on offense against the terrorists, they might well deploy a WMD on our soil.
Could we survive that?
SLW