Today the the GOP elected a chairman who defies the stereotype of what a Republican is. I couldn't be happier. Michael Steele was a collegiate fencer, and Catholic seminarian. He supports affirmative action, stem cell research that does not harm embryos, opposes a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, and opposes capital punishment. Steele is also an African American. It is truly fitting that the party that was founded in opposition of the enslavement African Americans now has a black party chairman. Steele is brash, sharp, and edgy, everything the past RNC chairman was not. He is also an independent-minded Republican, the kind I love.
Chances are that you won't see Michael Steele on the cover of many magazines. There a=is actually a better chance that the GOP is relying on gimmickry for political gain. Yet Mr. Steele flies in the face of everything the Republican Party is alleged to be. Earlier this month, Joeseph Cao,the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress was sworn in. Cao also happens to be a Republican from....Louisiana!. These developments give me hope that the GOP is not one reserved to the country club or Texas prairie. If one is willing to look past Rush Limbaugh, you will see a party with values and a history that most of us can admire and find within ourselves.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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