What Now?

Another day has come and passed. This is the new Messiah for the Republican Party - http://kaystreet.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/herman-cain-not-ready-for-primetime-backtracks-botched-answer-on-right-of-return/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBM6Gvy_q0I&feature=player_embedded -
So, this is the new Big Dog everyone wants on the Republican side. Another WTF moment. Again I question the relativity to the American cause to back BLINDLY the cause of Israel. We have outfitted them with the best Arms in the region. We continue to support them as they bomb and kill innocent people on the West Bank. Does the Zombie army of God really mean that much to Republican Christians? This guy is lost and has nothing to offer. In typical Republican style, he rants, comes off as angry, and out of touch with the real politics of the day. I guess his "performance" leads me to a few questions again. Are Republicans really only backing this guy because they want to prove they like Black people too? I think this is why Steele got the GOP job. He obviously knew nothing about politics or how to control himself or the party.
1) Much like Palin, he has no clue who or what he is talking about. He parrots Conservative talking points, but is not able to say why. Is this the intelligence Republicans want for their party?
2) Has anyone heard of how the Tea Party / Republicans always talk about how you don't need to be smart, and it is smart "Lawyer Types" who are ruining the country?

I think a list  of Founding Fathers and their professions needs to be made for Republicans to look at so they may be reminded that just like the Tea Party, they are out of touch with exactly what started and ran this country so well for almost 200 years.

(A) George Washington: Farmer, and Military Officer who famously would not kneel down to take communion from an "Ordained man of God" because he would not be or show himself as servant to any man.

(B) John Adams: Constitutional LAWYER, who represented the Enlightenment. Defended the British Soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre. Tantamount to defending Osama Bin Laden today in court.

(C) Thomas Jefferson: Louisiana Purchase, Principle writer of one of the most liberal documents in history, The Declaration of Independence, and was a critical LAWYER in Virginia who argued Constitutional Law as well as separating Church and State, read Danbury letters where he states the need and intention for the separation of the church and the state (American Baptists The Danbury Baptist Association of Danbury Connecticut sent a letter, dated October 7, 1801, to the newly elected President Thomas Jefferson, expressing concern over the lack in their state constitution of explicit protection of religious liberty, and against a government establishment of religion.
In their letter to the President, the Danbury Baptists affirmed that "Our Sentiments are uniformly on the side of Religious Liberty — That Religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals — That no man ought to suffer in name, person, or effects on account of his religious Opinions — That the legitimate Power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man who works ill to his neighbor..."
As a religious minority in Connecticut, the Danbury Baptists were concerned that a religious majority might "reproach their chief Magistrate... because he will not, dare not assume the prerogatives of Jehovah and make Laws to govern the Kingdom of Christ," thus establishing a state religion at the cost of the liberties of religious minorities. Thomas Jefferson's response, dated January 1, 1802, concurs with the Danbury Baptists' views on religious liberty, and the accompanying separation of civil government from concerns of religious doctrine and practice. Jefferson writes: "...I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."  This doctrine, known as the "wall of separation" or "strict separationism," would later become highly influential in 20th century Supreme Court understandings of the Relationship between Church and State. As a result, the relevance of this letter is a subject of heated debate, with scholars such as Robert Boston emphasizing its importance, and others such as Mark David Hall arguing that the letter was a historical outlier.

(D) James Madison Jr: Widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and Author of the Bill of Rights. Studied law heavily in the name of public interest.

(E) James Monroe: Last of the Founding Fathers. Missouri Territory, LAWYER who studied under Jefferson.

When this great nation of ours was doing well. People wanted the brightest and the best to run things, and to tell everyone else how those things should be done. In those times less people went to actual church than do now by percentages. However we were a firmly Religious Society. These SMART men saw fit to write a Constitution and become lawyers to aide in the building of our great nation. Let's not forget John Q Adams, who defended the Amistad survivors, and was one of the Greatest Constitutional Lawyers this country has ever had.

How did we go from that to "Joe Six Pack" being the guy we need to listen too? A man who obviously got all his talking points from Fox News, and has no regard for education or separating church and state in this country.
WAKE UP. You want guys like the ranting loony tune listed above to be in power, but a lawyer who may actually understand and know how to protect your Civil Rights is just not good enough? Get real, and stop the partisan crap before China sneaks in and buys us all including your indentured servant children... Rant Complete.