I take issue with you, however, re the Rino word that you think is wrong and doesn’t contribute to the Unity desired. Our country is in a catastrophic phase currently and needs FRANK assessment of the issues at hand. We mostly agree that the Democrats are a distinct unit that votes the party line 100% of the time versus the Republicans. We name call each other and don’t unify as our opponents do during crucial votes. I agree that name calling is hurtful but with our very strong unifying message of Smaller Government, Strong Dominant Military Posture and Spending Budgets that are balanced (more than Balanced but should shrink in size a certain percent each year). The unity problem of the party should be easily resolved because of the dominate agreement of the three core republican principles just mentioned.

Our speaker this past Friday was outstanding. He is a committed and a very knowledgeable former Politician who spoke elegantly about the spending affordability issue. He stated that both Democrats and Republicans are both guilty re overspending. I concur with that assessment.

The angst which leads to name calling are the cave in republicans’ who are most prominent in the Senate (McConnell, Romney and Company …19 tor 38% of the senate republicans) who vote on the omnibus spending bills with the Democrats). The combined vote for approval of the budget is in the mid sixty per cent range made up of base Democrats and fringe republicans along with Speakers of the House like Banner, Ryan and McCarthy who typically make backroom deals with the Dems. This creates disgruntlement amongst us citizens who very much dislike and distrust Congress and recognize the harm being done to our country with the outrageous deficit spending . The deficit of $33 Trillion toady projected to be over $50 Trillion in less than a decade creates significant problems for the salvation of our country.

I think the vacating of McCarthy this past week can be attributed to his breaking of the January agreement made with the core Conservatives of the Republican Party. His back room spending arrangement is untenable.

Hopefully, this week the Republicans will select Jim Jordan as the next House Speaker. If so, I predict the country will finally be on the road to success in 2024. Open dialogue and transparency are essential in this environment and I believe Jim is the guy that’ll fulfill that need. Nothing is impossible but commitment to our sound principles clearly articulated and fully supported by Republicans will hopefully eliminate the need or the the thought to call someone a four letter R word.

With my lookback based on this outline, Russ what else do you call those Republicans who align themselves with Democrats on Deficit Budget Issues? It might be a distasteful word to use identifying them as Rino’s but they have to be identified because republicans need to solidify their message and vote in unanimity. Our message has to be fully supported on all budget calls.

Rich Pettingill

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