Wild Pack of Hyenas

For the last four years, all I've heard is how important 2012 is for Republicans. All I've heard is how we have to band together, link arms, show up at the polls and defeat Obama and his cohorts. That was one of the reasons the officers of the ECYR decided to create the Erie County Young Republican organization. We wanted to help our Party succeed in 2012.

However, over the past several years petty squabbles and political disagreements caused ECGOP members to in-fight like a pack of wild hyenas. During this time I held onto to hope that when 2012 dawned we as a county party would put our issues aside in order to make that long ago created goal a reality. Because, hey, what's more important in 2012 - defeating the Democrats or defeating members of our own Party?

Well, as the editorial section of the Sandusky Register will demonstrate, we as a Party are choosing to defeat ourselves. By attacking one another in the paper, online and at the local coffee shop, all we're doing is expending our energy in the wrong direction - at ourselves. Rather, we should gather all that vitriol and lob it at our opponents.

Now, I'm not suggesting individual Republicans refrain from speaking their mind. I do suggest individual Republicans reflect on the consequences letters to the editor that disparage and blacken the ECGOP and it's members may have at the polls in November. The ECGOP's goal is to get Republicans elected, yet certain members of our Party are spending more time and effort on bringing down other members of our Party simply because they disagree with or just plain don't like them. Is this really the best expenditure of our time and effort as a Party?

To further my point and in response to several readers comments, the ECYR's last blog was not a camouflaged defense of Alex Jones, Chairman-Elect of the Erie County Republican Party. It was a blatant defense of Young Republicans and their value to the GOP. Assumptions that individuals of one and twenty cannot professionally represent and lead our Party are wrong. Young Republicans are leading county parties and other GOP organizations all across America. The blog was intended to demonstrate the value of Young Republicans to the GOP. It was also intended as a cautionary warning to more experienced Republicans not to dismiss the value and dedication of Young Republicans to the Party.

We as a party need to gather all of our members and band together for November 2012. We need to set aside our in-fighting and work towards the common goal: defeating Obama and other Democrats running for office. Together we can be great - separated we will fail.