Losing Sight of the Ultimate Goal in 2012

by
Mike Scinto
Talk Show Host and Award-Winning Newspaper Columnist
as it appeared in Times Community Newspapers and the K-O Times
      

  I hope the Democratic National Committee and the Obama re-election team plans to thank the GOP this year. We’re saving them quite a bit of money. When it comes time to run ads for the general election the DNC won’t have to spend a dime. The tacky ads and televised comments run by Mitt Romney’s opponents will do the job of keeping Obama in the White House just fine!


I’m no novice at observing, commenting on or covering presidential races. And I am not naïve. I know the back and forth attacks are commonplace. But these are not normal times. If you look at the elections since 2000, it shows a country, for all intents and purposes, evenly divided. Every vote counts literally. The economic, strategic and social issues we face are world-changing and if we take a wrong turn now (and we’re well on the way in that direction under Obama) it could mean the end to the freedoms and independence we have enjoyed for most of our lives as a nation.

The attack should be against the socialist in office now, not each other. I understand the desires to be elected. Most only get one shot at it. But do you sacrifice all the conservative values and ideology that made this country great, and to which most Republican candidates ascribe to achieve that personal goal? Or do you take one for the team and unite behind a single GOP candidate to unseat the current American king?

I believe, as Newt Gingrich “claimed”, that a solid attack on Obama, without nasty stones thrown at GOP challengers, could be just as effective if not more so.

To say I am disappointed would be an understatement. This campaign is what I normally expect from Liberals. It will be costly in the end. Four more years of Barack Hussein Obama will surely send America into a tailspin from which it might not be able to recover. We might end up like the European nations economically and some third world dictatorship militarily.

               My hope is that it’s not too late and that bruised egos can be set aside. Republicans need to unite behind Romney. It’s fairly obvious he will be the party nominee. He wouldn’t be my choice but any of the candidates would be light years ahead of who is in there now. The old saying about losing the battle but winning the war certainly applies here. And if we don’t accept that now, it may be too late tomorrow to turn this country around and get it back on track. That would translate to losing the war. And that, my friends, would be too bad for all of us!