As long we are blindly loyal to our President; even when we know he is wrong and his policies are failing, we keep losing the public trust in us. Why should the public trust us, the Republicans?Who will take the responsibility for the death of 3,404 of our sons and daughters? And 655,000 + Iraqi’s? Had we not gone in to Iraq, none of this would have happened. Who will take the responsibility of destroying their civil society and creating rift between the Shia’s and Sunnis? Had we not gone there, we would not have witnessed this. Who will take the responsibility for giving life to Al-Qaeda in Iraq? Had we not messed with Iraq, we would not have seen it.

We should not be counting on Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Beck and their ilk for egging on and re-affirming our President’s wrong policies. They feast on mayhem and destruction and come alive when such events happen. Ultimately, you and I are responsible for our acts and our support for the wrong things we are doing. We have to answer our conscience. Killing and destruction is simply not justifiable.

I appeal to my Republican friends to take a principled stand and tell the President he is wrong, have the guts to speak the truth, it will turn things around. Are there any congressman and Senator who would dare this? He or she will be my hero, an American Hero and hero of democracy. The Republicans will save America and it's stature, if they speak up, if not they should be responsible for letting us fall.

Dick Armey wrote a year ago to wake up, it is time we do that. If not the public will bulldoze our party – as they did during the November 2006 elections.

President Carter is speaking out, he cares about our nation and I am proud of him for speaking out; speaking out is the essence of our democracy and freedom. We cannot be blind to his call. Let our party loyalty not blind us. Let’s wake up and do the right thing. For speaking the truth, and you the congressperson or the Senator, our president will not throw you out, if you don’t the public will throw you out of your seat for your gutlessness and willingness to do the wrong thing. November 2008 is not far.

Mike Ghouse is a Speaker, Thinker, Writer and a Moderator. He is president of the Foundation for Pluralism and is a frequent guest on talk radio, discussing interfaith, political and civic issues. He founded the World Muslim Congress with a simple theme: "good for Muslims and good for the world." His personal Website is www.MikeGhouse.net and his articles can be found on the Websites mentioned above and in his blogs: http://MikeGhouseforAmerica.Blogspot.com and http://MikeGhouse.Sulekha.com . He can be reached at MikeGhouse@gmail.com. Mike lives in Carrollton with his family and has been a Dallasite since 1980.