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8/26/18, “The Difference is Energy,” Gil Gutknecht. Townhall. “Gil Gutknecht served six terms in the U.S. House as a Republican from Minnesota”
“Legendary Coach Vince Lombardi…concluded…“The difference between the champions and the also rans, not only in football, but in life…the difference is energy.”...
Like Lombardi, Donald Trump is a high-energy guy. He brought the $100 million campaign of Jeb Bush to a merciful end by simply calling him low energy. Remember Jeb! It stuck like fly paper. Trump proved Lombardi right. He bested an impressive field and was elected to the Presidency largely because he was able to transfer his personal energy. He energized a large block of voters who had been ignored, demeaned and were dormant for years and he turned them into winners.
Unfortunately,
President Trump has been unable to generate any real energy among the
Republican Leadership on Capitol Hill. Control of the House is in jeopardy, not because of Trump. It is in play because the leaders look and sound more like Jeb. They don’t understand the Lombardi principle. Other than tax reform, they’ve
shown little interest in the rest of the Trump agenda. Whether it was
building the wall or replacing ObamaCare, we’ve seen lukewarm support
and a low energy effort. That won’t get it done. It may turn them into
losers.
Even
with the unprecedented bias and abuse that has been exposed at the
highest levels of the FBI and the Department of Justice, our leaders
seem unable to muster any real outrage. They treat the Mueller probe as
if it were legitimate.
It’s almost as if they really don’t want their base to include those millions of working class Americans who stand in long lines to attend Trump rallies. Perhaps they take them for granted. But Republicans desperately need that energy and passion if they are to hold the House and pick up seats in the Senate.
Trump voters don’t ask for much from Congress. All they really want is for members to do what they said they would do. Just give them a glimpse of hope. Hope that in the next Congress leaders will find the energy to get more of the Trump agenda enacted and signed into law.
Is that too much to ask?
Jim
Jordan gets it. He understands exactly what Lombardi meant. Left to
their own devices, his colleagues will not elect him their next leader.
We need to turn up the heat on Republican candidates this fall to help
them see the light. They need to hear that we expect them to vote for leaders more in the mold of the Donald and less like low energy apologists.
Energy is the indispensable factor. That energy is going to have to come from us. Lombardi set high expectations. So should we.”
“Gil Gutknecht served six terms in the U.S. House as a Republican from Minnesota.
Earlier in his career he worked for the former offensive captain of the
Green Bay Packers Bob Skoronski, who shared many examples of Lombardi’s
famous homilies.”
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