Republicans: Keep Your Eyes On The Prize

Here we go. Again.

With the worst president in history running for reelection the GOP is poised to win the presidency in November.

If Republicans can keep their eyes on the prize and not get distracted, that is.

From now until Election Day Republicans should be talking about just one thing: Biden’s failed presidency.

His reckless withdrawal from Afghanistan, his disastrous open-border policies, his record inflation.

Winning issues, every one.

Instead, what are Republicans talking about? The Ten Commandments.

I’m not kidding. I wish I were. This party has no discipline.

Louisiana just passed a law that requires every classroom in the state - K through college - to display a “large, easily readable” poster of the Ten Commandments. If they fail to comply, the school will forfeit state funds.

Hanging the Ten Commandments in every classroom will do nothing to boost academic performance or improve discipline. It will, however, guarantee months or years of divisive litigation and prove a useful distraction for Democrats who are determined to portray Republicans as religious nuts.

Oh, and as a Catholic I have to ask, which version of the Commandments will be hung? Protestants and Catholics number them differently, you know. Pick one and you’re favoring that flavor of Christianity.

Look, I revere the laws that God gave Moses. When I was a little girl I had a bracelet with the Ten Commandments as charms. I wore it every day for years. The world would undoubtedly be a better place if everyone obeyed Mosaic Law.

Proponents of the Louisiana law that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed this week say the Ten Commandments are a founding document, a part of our history such as The Declaration of Independence or U.S. Constitution, more than they are a part of any religion.

It’s true that the Founding Fathers were Deists or Christians and used the Commandments as guideposts in their lives and in the birth of our nation.

But these laws come directly from Old Testament scripture. They are religious in nature and mandating that all school children come into contact with them daily comes precariously close to establishing a state religion. It’s hard to imagine interpreting the commandment to remember the sabbath and keep it holy as anything other than a religious instruction.

Perhaps Louisiana will prevail in court. Perhaps the Ten Commandments will hang in classrooms for decades with nothing but beneficial results.

My question: Is this the right time to fight this battle?

Answer: No it is not.

The only subject Republicans should discuss between now and November 5th is Biden’s catastrophic presidency.

Anything else is a diversion.

I guarantee that Democrats would rather debate the Ten Commandments than Biden’s foreign policy failures or the millions of illegals he’s admitted into the country.

Don’t hand the Democrats another silly wedge issue. Keep your eye on the prize, Republicans.

Or you’ll lose. Again.