I'll admit that I'm pretty miffed that Mel Martinez, one of Florida's Senators, will become the head of the Republican National Committee when it votes on Thursday. I guess that means he'll be getting full-time pay for part-time work and that part-time work will be at the behest of his party and not my state.
Worse, though, is that it forces him to vote the White House line on every single issue. He is beholden to the President and his loyalty has been bought and paid for.
I'm from Orlando where Mel was our county Chairman (like a mayor) before he was appointed to his HUD cabinet position (yes, in Bush World, running a county government qualifies you to sit on the Cabinet of the United States President). Back then, he was a reasonable guy and somewhat bipartisan. How he got to this place, attached to the lunacy that is our President, I'll never know.
Here's what he had to say about Iraq:
Alas, only someone joined at the hip with Bush would say these kind of things.“When I was in Iraq this fall, I met with many of our troops, many who
happened to be Floridians, and I saw high morale and sense of purpose among
them.And this:
By taking the lead role in the stability and defense of their own country and by putting a serious financial commitment into reconstruction and job creation in Iraq, the Iraqi government has made the type of commitment that must occur if this plan is to succeed.”
The troops are dispirited and whistleblowing to come home. Maliki's government is so totally ineffective that an average of 94 citizens and police officers die EVERY day.
Martinez's break with reality began in January 2001 with his HUD appointment and he has continued a downward spiral that has brought us to this.
My only hope is that his fear and hate mongering in his new RNC role will wake the people of Florida up in 2010. If he was up in 2008, he'd be gone.
God, I'm even agreeing with Michelle Malkin about this.
