The GOP needs Grants, not McClellans

This past week was Veteran's Day.  There was something in the news that Obama didn't attend the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.  You'd think Obama would be proud to be there, since he claims to admire Lincoln so much.  And Lincoln freed the slaves.  Why wasn't Obama there?   The Gettysburg Address was given in honor of the war dead in the Battle at Gettysburg, which was considered a decisive battle in the Civil War.

About the same time, General Grant was winning another decisive battle at Vicksburg.  But there were those who didn't like Grant's success and wanted Lincoln to relieve him.  But Lincoln insisted on keeping him.  Lincoln liked Grant because he would fight.  He didn't like another general, McClellan, because he often seemed to find excuses not to fight.  The objection to Grant was his drinking.  But that wasn't relevant to winning the war.  What was relevant to Lincoln was the ability to win.  Lincoln couldn't spare this man, he said, because "he fights".  Of McClellan, Lincoln said something quite different---"If he can't fight himself, he excels in making others ready to fight."  It was Lincoln's way of saying that McClellan wouldn't fight.

When I think of John McCain, I think of McClellan.  When I think of Ted Cruz, I think of Grant.  We need a Grant, not a McClellan.  McCain and those of his ilk won't fight.  Cruz will.  You can't win if you won't fight.  The GOP is playing not to lose.  That won't work.  It didn't work for McClellan.   It didn't work for Romney in this last election.  It won't work now.

This president isn't afraid to use power---even power he doesn't legally have.  The GOP is afraid to use power that it DOES have.  Who do you think will win this fight over ObamaCare?  If ObamaCare was important, you'd think the GOP would be willing to fight over it.  Obama doesn't seem to shy away from that fight, even though he did shy away from attending the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.  The victory at Gettysburg saved the Union.  What are the GOP's intentions here?