GOP failure to back one person is idiocy

An idiot is defined as someone who tries the same thing over and over again and expects a different result. The GOP is acting like the village idiots.

In the presidential election of 2008, the GOP did not completely support the Vietnam veteran and POW so John McCain lost the election. In 2012, Mitt Romney was not a Christian, not conservative enough for the GOP rank and file and was too wealthy. The GOP again did not completely support Romney and Obama won re-election.

The GOP is doing it again. The old guard of the GOP wants a "born again" conservative, someone who is not aware that abortions are legal, Planned Parenthood can give health advice to 50 percent of the population and that the Constitution requires a 2/3 majority of Congress and 75 percent approval by the states, not the Supreme Court, to completely change any amendments. The Constitution does not establish term limits but the 22nd Amendment sets limits for only the president.

The GOP presidential filed with 17, now reduced to four with two claiming to be more conservative, yet neither one has generated more than 1/3 of the GOP voters. The leading GOP presidential candidate has received a majority of the GOP voters, even though some of the voters may be crossover Democrats.

So here we are with a repeat of the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012. The GOP cannot figure out what candidate to support to regain the presidency and maintain control of Congress. The president must deal with both sides of Congress, unlike our current president.

So if the GOP continues to act like idiots and not completely endorse a candidate, then the next president could be a progressive who does not understand the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Jack McCabe

Batavia