A Message for My Right Wing Brethren

I remind you of the campaign slogan during the Barry Goldwater campaign. "The stakes are too high to stay at home." Cut and run is NOT an option. It is surrender.

I understand your frustration with the national GOP. On more than a few issues it has been feckless, weak, disappointing and craven. It is unfortunate that we are faced once again with the lackluster options of voting for the lesser of two evils. But lesser it is.

Let us band together once more. And one more go into the breach.

GOP performance has been unremarkable and infuriating. But it is the vehicle that we have. While I would rather ride in a powerful, fuel efficient, brilliantly bright automobile with all the options available, I have to settle for a car that meets my bare reqirements for transportation because the only other option is walking or waiting for hours on end for the bus.

While I hate to go through yet another election cycle voting for one guy because the other guy is so unreliable, it is what it is.

So cinch up your belt one more notch. Suck it up one more time. And vote Republican because you know that at the very least, they will confront national security with the cold, clear eyes that are required.

Not much of an endorsement, but there it is.