Election 2012 and The Downhill Slide

At the risk of making everyone mad at me, I'm going to plant my feet and take a stand: stop backing people who haven't joined the race yet.

The Republicans lost in 2008 because they split off into cliques that demanded their own candidates and refused to back any others. When those candidates dropped out or failed, they had a temper tantrum and refused to vote. That was helpful. Not. We lost the election, in case you didn't notice. And there was an unhealthy chunk of them that were simply being male-chauvinist about the whole thing or bought into media slants that were just plain false.

This morning I read a clip from an article in Time Magazine that said several Christian leaders have met to discuss their displeasure with the field of Presidential candidates so far. So they've decided to back Gov Rick Perry (R-Texas). I have nothing against him, I think he's peachy. Problem is, he hasn't formally entered the race yet. It's an attempt at manipulation, and a kind of behavior that almost guarantees us 4 more years of left wing leadership. Why? Because it's division, not unity.

I'm a Christian Conservative, but I don't like the strident, nasty tone of some of my brethren towards the field of candidates. It will divide the party yet again and send droves of voters scampering to their couches with pillows over their ears. We can't win the election like that, folks. We have to be engaged, wise, and unified against the deluge of left-wing devices. And they've got a lot of 'em, especially with the vast majority of media in their pockets.

Let's back the winner- whoever it may be- and the process that makes them the nominee. Black, white, male, or female, let's back the person who can take Mr. O out of office. Let's drop our tantrums and spitting contests and work together to stop the downhill slide of our nation. My ancestors fought through the centuries for this nation, and I don't like seeing us embroiled in a civil war of "I wants." God gave America a process that works-- let's trust in His wisdom to see it through.