Thousands of words could be said… and thousands were last night, but with the now out-dated title card, and the stilled gavel, the predetermined outcome was what was planned all along. For better, or worse… with reason, or without… Chairman (now ex-chairman) Mike Collins was replaced as head of the Anne Arundel County Republican Party.
According to some who were there, the outrage may not have been the replacement of Collins, or even the public airing of such internal issues in front of the press. For what actually is the best way to balance the people’s right to know (especially the people of the party itself) and the need to be united and not appear as feuding kindergardeners to a watching world?
No, the real tragedy may be the evil, venomous, spiteful way some who would have you believe they are followers of Christ behaved in the meeting itself. There was no need whatsoever to push the vote on Mr. Collins to the front of the agenda. There was no need whatsoever to try to restrict the testimony of so many who came to speak their mind and hearts. No need, and no excuse. None… Nada…not AT ALL! To do so demonstrated and shouted to the world that those responsible were not Christians, were not good Republicans, and not even good human beings.
It wasn’t enough to replace Mike Collins, they had to shove his nose in the feces they were producing out of their own arses. Class, decorum, and tact were not on the menu that night, not from some of these so-called “leaders”. When the deed was done, after a potty-break (evidently they still had some $hit left and needed one?), Mr. Collins did have the class to come back into the meeting and participate as a still-member of the central communis… uh… committee. Who would have blamed him if he took a hike for the rest of the evening? Before a watching world, and before the press, the new so-called “leadership” showed what they were made of. It wasn’t pretty. I’m sure you’ll be able to read all about it in the Examiner, the Capital, and the Sun. So will everybody else.
There was no need to kick a guy when he was down, but they did, just because they could. Sounds a lot like what former Governor Bob Ehrlich used to say in regard to the “other” party… that they will raise taxes, fire the PSC, (fill in the blank ___), just because they can. I guess some so-called republicans (constitutionalists/former democrats) can be just as bad.
Another activist Republican blogger noted that they were ashamed to be a Republican that night. Likewise, if the attitudes demonstrated that evening are supposed to be Christ-like… I would be ashamed to be linked as a fellow Christian with those responsible. All too often, people I agree with on so many social issues prove that they are butt-heads (I really want to use a stronger term). Is Christ glorified when my supposed brothers and sisters are such… jerks? No, He isn’t. I doubt Ronald Reagan is rejoicing in heaven about it either, his “eleventh commandment” was ignored. If I’m guilty of breaking it as well, sorry Ronnie, I wish you were still around to beat some sense into us.
If you want to know why some socially conservative Christians would ever consider voting for somebody who has less than stellar conservative Christian credentials, here’s your answer. Put a jack-arse of a candidate up who talks Christian values but is full of… baloney, versus a class-act of a nice person whose views leave something to be desired in the conservative department, and I am sure I am not the only conservative who might dare to consider voting for the very person they themselves thought they could never, ever support. Or, they might just get disgusted and stay home. Then the Dem wins by deault. Yech! Ugh! Please don’t make it hard for me to vote for you, fellow conservative. I should not have to hold my nose to vote for a so-called brother or sister. If you make it easier to vote for the other person, how are you helping your (our) cause?
You know, I really hesitated in blogging this. It would have been easier to just let the blog continue to stagnate. Let Brian, Greg, Red State, and others have their field day with this. I really do not like to show our dirty underwear in public. Yet it isn’t like this will go away easily. Again, you’ll read about it in the press in a few hours anyway. And again, so will the world. At least I hope I gave the few Republicans who might read this something to think about, and something to learn from.
We can get through this, but to do so means we’ll have to step away from the circular firing squad a bit. Republicans mad as heck about last night can ignore the central committee as irrelevant, and support the candidates directly they care about. Republican clubs can raise money, recruit volunteers, register voters, as if the committee didn’t exist. They can tell certain central committee members (even the so-called Christians) to go to hell. Some might even try to rebuild the committee, and support it in spite of itself. We’ll see what option they take.
Our ideals are better,the Democrats do not have the answers, maybe one day we’ll realize that they are the ones we need to be fighting. Good night!
