Recently I read Boys will be Boys by Jeff Pearlman. It is a look at The Rebirth and Death of The Dallas Cowboys in the 1990’s. It is VERY thorough and VERY detailed. Whether you are a Cowboy Fan or a Cowboy Hater, you WILL get a lot out of reading this book. I also read The Pro Football Historical Abstract by Sean Lahman. It is a detailed look at Pro Football from Day 1 to The Present. Included are a DETAILED look at EVERY Decade, A Rating of Top Players by Position and a Rating of Coaches. It is VERY Detailed and Informative, but The Author is a bit of an academic and as a Cincinnati native, is HEAVILY biased in favor of The Bengals. Only a couple of Bengal Players make the lists of top players, but they are praised to the heavens. Overall it is an EXCELLENT read for any SERIOUS NFL Fan.

This posting will continue with The Conservative Counterattack Theme of the past 3 postings. Since we have figured out what our weapons will be, we now HAVE to unify behind 1 Leader. FRAGMENTATION put McAmnesty Midget in The Driver’s Seat this time. Mitt, Fred and Duncan Hunter were EXCELLENT Candidates, but not enough of us coalesced behind one of them to give them a majority. We CANNOT allow it to happen again and I THINK it could be a BIGGER problem in 2012 because we have a WEALTH of Candidates and several of them will likely be jockeying for position as ACORN Hopey McChange drives America further into the TOILET!

To begin with The RNC must elect a STRONG CONSERVATIVE Leader. Above all other traits, one who desires to lead must possess an intrinsic desire to achieve substantial personal recognition and be willing to earn it in all fairness. Once again, Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan come to mind. Both of these men melded disparate tribes into a unified, cohesive, fighting force. They did it through shrewd negotiations, slight compromises and by BEING A LEADER! Being A Leader means that YOU decide who, what, where, when, why and how. YOU set the goal, YOU determine the path to be taken to your goal and YOU rid yourself of malcontents who ARE NOT on board with your plans. Look at Wade Phillips, Head Coach of The Dallas Cowboys. He had ONE OF THE MOST talented teams in The NFL, but he tried to please EVERYBODY, he ended up pleasing NOBODY and a POTENTIAL Super Bowl Champion didn’t even make the playoffs. Wade Phillips, Coach = YES!, Leader = NO!

At the same time, a STRONG Leader must not be threatened by capable contemporaries or subordinates. He must be wise in selecting capable captains to achieve those things a Leader can attain only through STRONG subordinates. There is only 1 omnipotent entity that is able to be EVERYWHERE at once and he is not of The Earth. Yes Men should be AVOIDED like The Bubonic Plague, a Leader with subordinates who always agree with him reaps the Counsel of Mediocrity. A STRONG Leader picks STRONG Subordinates who can implement his plan with minimal supervision, otherwise the STRONG Leader WILL be stretched too thin as he will be forced to CONSTANTLY look over the shoulder of his subordinates to double check and the whole plan will fall apart. George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle are a good example of this.

There are other qualities a leader MUST display if he hopes to engender loyalty from his troops. Good Leaders are RUTHLESSLY ambitious. NEVER bored, disinterested, or cowardly in any way, they are ALWAYS extremely determined to succeed under any circumstances, fair or unfair. Good Leaders seek discipline in their lives. troops are more willing to follow Leaders who are themselves disciplined. Wise Leaders realize that unduly harsh and unnecessarily lax discipline will undo the morale of their troops. We MUST be disciplined, but at the same time FLEXIBLE! Our Leader should have a touch of “The Common Man” about them with NO TRACES of elitism, self-centeredness, conceit or self-admiration. There are LOTS more of US than there are ELITISTS of the ilk of Kathleen Parker. Just by the force of SHEER NUMBERS, The GOP is ours FOR THE TAKING! A GREAT Leader NEVER takes themselves too seriously, name someone with a more Self Deprecating Sense of Humor than Ronald Reagan.

While Academic Achievements SHOULD NOT be overlooked, our Leader’s Philosophy should be STRONGLY based on Common Sense. There are FAR MORE Lessons learned in life that come from watching and learning than EVER came out of a textbook. These lessons are ageless, timeless and irrefutable. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, don’t spend more than you have, always put the large animals last in a parade and so forth & so on. Our Leader should display Grace Under Pressure, sometimes circumstances do not allow for deliberative decision making. Snap decisions have to be made QUICKLY and INTELLIGENTLY. They must also have Courage enough to back it up as these decisions draw naysayers and guttersnipes like moths to a flame. THIS ABILITY is what separates a Chief from The Tribe, AGAIN ala Genghis Khan and/or Attila the Hun. Among these decisions will be where & when to expend time, energy and money in Congressional Races. For example, Lincoln Chaffee should NEVER have gotten 1 RED CENT of OUR money. Losing Rhode Island is like throwing a Deck Chair off a Cruise Boat. McAmnesty McMidget is a close second . Why fight a battle you CANNOT win?!?!?! Conflict WILL be the Natural State of Affairs for us and we should conserve our Physical Energy, Money, Time and other resources for battles that we have a FIGHTING CHANCE of winning.

Lastly, our Leader should be THICK SKINNED. If you think The Liberals were NASTY trying to WIN The White House and Congress, JUST WAIT until you see what they do to KEEP The White House and Congress. By thick skinned, I mean thick skinned like an Elephant wearing Bullhide Boots, a Buffalo Hide Coat and a Hard Hat! Having laid out these criteria, my personal pick is Michael Steele. He is VERY well educated, knows his way around in Political Circles and his professorial style reminds me of a Black Dennis Prager, yet he was well grounded in Common Sense by his mother. He went up against The Democratic Party and a candidate from a Maryland Political Dynasty in one of the BLUEST of Blue States. He wiped the floor with Ben Cardin in the debate, but lost the election by 10 points. But BELIEVE ME, for a Black Conservative to lose to a Jewish Liberal by 10 points in Maryland is a DEAD HEAT! As for having thick skin, he HAD to have thick skin being a Black Conservative in Blue Maryland. Staffers working for Schmuck Schumer at the DSCC hacked his private info and at some appearances in Maryland while running for office, OREO cookies were thrown at him.

These are my reasons why Michael Steele is my pick for GOP Chairman. Watching him work and campaign in Maryland was like reading a book about how to show “Grace Under Pressure”. But in all honesty, I am not as familiar with the other candidates as I am with Michael Steele. Dissent, Debate and Disagreement on this subject are WELCOMED and ENCOURAGED here at CSC. After all, a ship gets NOWHERE on Calm Seas!

God Bless You and Thank You for Your Time,

J. Allen Frye