The Wimp Factor (Two ladies and a tycoon are the only real fighters in the GOP)
RenewAmerica ^ | May 14, 2011 | Bill Borst

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:12:30 AM by 2ndDivisionVet

In 1988 when George H. W. Bush was running for president, one of the derisive comments on him grew into something called the Wimp Factor.

Newsweek wanted to know if he were tough enough for the job.

Now this is an atrocious thing to even infer about a man with an impeccable record of heroism and government service. Not only was the man shot down in the Pacific but also survived a long ordeal on the open seas in a lifeboat.
The whole issue seems incredulous until one looks at it from another angle.
Newsweek was saying that Republicans were too nice...or maybe too civil.

What has become a catch phrase for President Obama has been historically a vice for Republicans, and a certain formula for political defeat.

Democrats believe Republicans are so wimpy that they counsel them on how to behave.

President Obama thinks because of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' intelligence, he would make a formidable opponent who could beat him in 2012.
And the Yankees let the Red Sox pick their starting pitchers!
Many Republicans will probably fall for this Obaman trap.

Most Republicans have been overly solicitous in their appearance of civility and political restraint.

It was true of H.W. and also W, as well as Republican candidates of the past, Bob Dole and most definitely John McCain.

The Republican Wimp Factor is something that has dominated the party since FDR was president.

This led to losing days of me-tooism, which made the Republicans a predictable minority party for over 40 years.
Richard Nixon broke the mold as a vice-president, but by 1971 he was a Keynesian.
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were the only Republicans with a radar pulse since Teddy Roosevelt.

They both had passion and the desire to return to the simpler days of the Republic.
Goldwater was demogued to death by an unscrupulous Lyndon Johnson and while Reagan saved the country from a near economic disaster, his age and his affalability dampened his last few years in office.
He fell for Democratic mendacious spending cuts and had to watch Tip O'Neill eat his jellybeans.

All Republican politicians should understand that politics is neither a science, or an art. It is neither a game nor a contest.

It is a blood sport...a war that is fought like the extreme boxing that is on cable...a combination of boxing, wrestling, street fighting and criminal assault.
Given the brutal tactics — take no prisoners of the left side of the aisle, the question always lingers — do the Republicans have the intestinal fortitude to not only fight the good fight but the winning fight?

The Democrats, on the other side, have taken their marching orders, not from Jesus, Moses, Confucius or Buddha but from Machiavelli, Rousseau, Marx, and Lenin................

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