The GOP Right Wing and the Supreme Court.

President George W. Bush, and his administration, are, in some cases, painfully aware that it was the right-wing of the Republican party responsible for his election. Some say the Evangelicals.

You may believe that if you choose… and I would not argue with the premise, but… it was not totally the Evangelicals. The right wing, yes. But Evangelicals are only a part of the right wing of the Republican Party. I’m in the other, non-Evangelical sector of the Right Wing. I am a “non-practicing Lutheran” of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I no longer attend church as I feel, in my opinion, the ELCA has been hi-jacked by Liberals and it is no longer a church of the scriptures. I want no part of that.

So, that’s where I’m coming from. I’m a conservative Christian. Not an Evangelical. Now that this is out of the way, I write this piece to state our intentions openly and honestly. We DO want something in return for our loyality to the Candidate George W. Bush. We want the Supreme Court!

It’s as simple as that.

You see, we went to the polls with the Supreme Court in mind. So far as we were concerned the 2004 presidential election was altogether about the Supreme Court. That is what we voted for. Bush promised us he would offer up conservative nominees for the court. We intend to hold him to that promise. No, we intend to hold the entire GOP to that promise. There are two critical elections on the political horizon, 2006 and 2008. We can be there in force, or we can stay home. That is up to President Bush to decide.

To be as clear as I know how, let me state empathically, that Alberto Gonzales is not acceptable to us as a Supreme Court nominee. We will do all in our power to see that he is never considered for that position, and if he is considered, we will work for his defeat. Is that clear enough?

Conservatives see an opportunity here to turn this country around. We are bound by our patriotic duty, and our religious duty, to do everything in our power to make that opportunity available to the citizens of the country.

We have no problem with staying away from the polls. Some have asked how that can be. It’s simple, really. We know we will answer to a much higher power for our shortcomings here on this earth. Voting for a "Godly candidate", or not voting for an "ungodly candidate" is a “no brainer” as far as we are concerned.

We love our country and this is serious business to us. Very serious, indeed.

“Longstreet”