Why the GOP needs Marco

This year the battle for the 2010 US Florida Senate Race is not only about rebuilding our party, it is finding someone who will lead us into a new era.

2009 is the time for rebuilding, a time to draw a line in the sand and separate the elephants from the RINOs.

For too long we have let Liberals define us, and ignored Conservatives. I say no more! No more should we be silent and watch on the sidelines as our team loses! No more should we consult the other team and let them pick our players! What we need to do is stand up, look our enemy in the eye and fight!

We need a smart, young charismatic individual who is not afraid to stand up for what he knows is right. We need a likable conservative guy that can relate to the younger generation of our party. We need a guy who is on his way up not out. We need a straight talking, Reagan walking Republican. We need someone who believes in our core principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility.

We need someone with a 100 ideas, who has the means to get them done. We need a listener. We need someone who doesn’t compromise on principles. We need a leader.

We need Marco Rubio.

Leaving Motor City

There has been a lot in the news recently about GM and Chrysler. Obama’s hostile takeover of GM and, Chrysler failed forced merger with Fiat, what else are they to do?

Maybe they should take a play from their beloved former leader Lee Iacocca in this clip:

A Great American

Jack Kemp, football player and great American died of cancer at 73, yesterday at his home in Betesda, MD.

On November 3, 2008, just 6 months ago, Jack Kemp and Pat Summerall made a stop at our campaign office in Altamonte Springs, FL. Kemp talked about the election as well as his own career in football and politics.

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This was just one stop on their political tour of Florida stumping for McCain. Kemp had two passions in life football and politics.

Kemp led Buffalo to three straight Eastern Division titles and two straight AFL Championships. He led the league in career passes attempted, completions, and yards gained passing. He was the only AFL quarterback to be listed as a starter all 10 years of the league’s existence and one of only 20 players to serve all 10 of those years. His number 15 was retired by the Bills in 1984.

His political career started early. In January 1964, Kemp co-founded the AFL Players Association with Tom Addison of the Boston Patriots, and was elected its president five times.

That same year, he was a volunteer on Barry Goldwater’s unsuccessful presidential campaign. In 1966, he became one of the first Reaganites. And in 1969 he was named Special Assistant to the RNC Chairman, Rogers Clark Ballard Morton.

Jack Kemp went on to serve in House of Representatives from 1971-1989. In 1988, he ran for President against George Bush (41) and lost. In 1989, he was tapped by Bush to be HUD Secretary. In 1993, he began his speaking tour and founded the group Empower America, which later became Freedom Works.

There was much anticipation that he would run again for president in 1996, but he was seen as out of touch with the contemporary Republican Party. That same year, he was tapped by Bob Dole to be his VP Running Mate. A political mismatch, Dole’s campaign was unsuccessful.

In 2003, he returned to football, as Chairman of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.

In 2008, Kemp endorsed McCain shortly before the New Hampshire Primary. He campaigned for McCain, but McCain was unsuccessful. In January, 2009 he was diagnosed with cancer. His battle with cancer was unsuccessful. He died May 2, 2009 at age 73.

During his 73 years here on earth, his passion for football and politics never waned. He was truly, A Great American.