WHEN NEWS IS NOT

Every now and then, actually more frequently than that, I get emails from well-meaning friends or people who I know, informing me about the latest conservative Christian, or far right political viewpoints.

A few days ago, an email arrived encouraging everyone to tune in to FOX news Easter Sunday, (of all days), at 9PM, for yet another special report concerning the illegitimacy of Barack Obama serving as POTUS, and his communist or socialist leanings.

I could no longer contain myself, so I penned this reply: "A few years ago, when I learned that FOX is not a reliable, unbiased, news source, I stopped looking at that channel.

Although I am a Republican, conservative, and a Christian, I am not a conservative Christian. There is a big difference.

If some researchers want to claim that President Obama is the illegitimate son of a relative of Joseph Stalin, and was actually born in Prague, I could give a shit.

The Republicans lost in the last POTUS election, and for a few diehards, apparently they still cannot accept that fact.

"We have seen the enemy, and he is us," the famous quote of Pogo Opossum, by Walt Kelly in 1971, comes to mind, and certainly applies to the GOP today.

The conservative Christian based power group, who took control of the GOP, decided that McCain and what's her name would be the ideal candidates. However, the GOP's aura of mean-spirited, uncaring, do not help others, philosophy permeated a stench throughout the voting public. The result was a POTUS election defeat that gave a black eye to the GOP and a bloody nose and fat lip to the Christian conservatives.

Instead of trying to criminalize Obama, the GOP and others should be rolling up their sleeves and get to work making positive changes; but, they are not doing that.

Mostly due to the very broad public perception that the GOP still only represents the rich, and conservative Christians; I do not believe that any of the present potential GOP POTUS candidates have a chance of wining the 2012 election."

The GOP still has a lot of work to do to become a Party of the people.