MICHAEL STEELE WAGES A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA

MICHAEL STEELE WAGES A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA

By Frances Rice

The euphoria over the election of Michael Steele as the head of the GOP came from the fact that he was elected as chairman of the Republican Party because of the content of his character, not the color of his skin.

His historic election makes him the rightful inheritor of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party's first president, and the realization of the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican and our nation's most revered civil rights leader.

It is only fitting that Steele's election as the head of the Republican Party took place during the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln and the year of the assumption of power by President Barack Hussein Obama, a black liberal Democrat who falsely portends to be the inheritor of Lincoln's Legacy and the realization of Dr. King's Dream.

For the first time in the history of our Republic -- since our founders established this nation on Judeo-Christian values anchored on a fundamental truth that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- the fate of our nation rests in the hands of two black men.

We are in a battle for the soul of America. Which black leader will determine the future of America? Will we follow Obama and the Democratic Party down the path of failed socialist policies that promote urban decay and generational poverty, or will we heed the call of Steele and the Republican Party to continue embracing our traditional values that have made this country great? The choice is ours.