Washington, D.C. (Rightcommentary.com) A disturbing trend is emerging I have noticed among both “conservative” and “liberal” women I know and talk to - both in the “real world” and in the “virtual world” of the blogosphere and the internet. The theme of the comments I hear is essentially this - where have all the “real men” gone in the Republican party.

What prompted this today, for me to rethink this issue, was a comment that I heard from a rather conservative woman colleague at work about Sen. McCain’s “distancing” from the commercial that the Republican Party of North Carolina is running about Sen. Obama. What she said to me was, “He needs to grow up and be a man - politics is dirty - and trying to play ‘nice’ with everyone will give the Democrats the White House.” She then launched into what I can only describe as what must have been a cathartic experience for her - in telling me how Republican men all seem emasculated to her in attempting to show a “kindler gentler” side, versus showing leadership and accepting accountability.

Okay - she’s one person. I’ve heard this before, in some variant or another, that essentially “men won’t be men” in the Republican party. I even hear it more generally. Most blatantly was a comment that still sticks with me of “If I wanted to be with a woman - I’d be a lesbian,” essentially arguing that, despite the “women are from Venus men are from Mars,” issue - some women want the arrogance, audacity, stupidity, and decisiveness that are often treated as weaknesses in men in the “media.” All of us have to be “metrosexual” now - what cologne, what outfit, etc. When I was at the Pentagon this week - one woman who has definitely given her fair share for the Party and the cause - said, “the problem is - no more men have balls in this Party - and McCain is a pansy.”

Wow. Well - actually she didn’t say pansy - it rhymes with “wussy” - but you get the idea.

A fellow conservative blogger, whom I read routinely because her writing and personal honesty I find gripping, wrote this tonight in her blog at The Hill Chronicals:

I did not have the heart today write another Obama article or Clinton one for that matter. I could have written on McCain, but he bores the hell out me so why waste my time. It is just so hard getting behind a candidate that came back from hell. Some days it is just not enough to support McCain because he supports the war on terror. That is not good enough for me anymore. His whiny puss act of self-righteousness is fake and sickening. Every time someone says or does something that could be seen as negative here he comes folks, McCain in the blink of an eye….”I did not endorse that” or “I do not approve of that.” Make up your mind man do you want to win or lose?

Where are the real men these days. The women are running around The Hill like chickens with the heads cut off and the men up their are continually whining like a bunch of two-year -old babies that did not get their way. Who is running this country for G-d sake?

Another blogger friend of mine, Velvet Hammer, recently told me a similar thing in a private conversation.

Now, while I said I’d try to keep the postings more high-brow after my posting on “Republican Porn” (which by the way is a disturbing fact that thus far, it is by far the most well-read post on this website - with over 200 visitors a day to it) I can’t forget a report that GQ Magazine claimed to have conducted about two years ago. The finding, essentially, was that Democratic men were wimps in the bedroom.

The anonymous author, who wrote the piece for “GQ” reports “After years of intensive research on both sides of the aisle, I’m here to report that Republican men are infinitely better to have sex with.”

The article in the April 2006 issue of “GQ” laid out 10 reasons why Republicans are better and kinkier in the sack.

The thing that caught my eye tonight - as I went back to re-read the article - was that the author makes the point that men who don’t decide or proclaim where you’re having dinner are wusses. And there’s nothing less appealing than a wuss. “A Republican man will never, ever cry,” she writes.

So being a Republican apparently means - never having to say you’re sorry. (Or crying for that matter) I guess it also means - dammit woman we’re going to Macroni Grill - and you’ll be having the chicken! (Smacking my chest and making Tim Allen “grunt” noises).

An interesting proposition… probably not entirely accurate - but something is up here.

Back to Sen. McCain for a second - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is calling out McCain to get the commercial stopped. I find it highly amusing that a man who can’t control his own party - is calling on the CANDIDATE (not even the chair) of the opposition party - whining, “make it stop - make it stop.”

I understand the idea that Sen. McCain wants to hold himself to. Mark Levin, tonight on his radio show, excoriated McCain. That isn’t particularly newsworthy - except for the fact that Levin concluded that McCain’s “wimpyness” on this commercial came from his lack of adherence to the Republican party.

So Sen. McCain is getting it from everyone - women think he’s a wuss (or at least the women I seem to run into). Men think he’s a wuss. Democrats - who are also “wusses” (within the confines of the discourse that seems to be setting itself up here) - want McCain to do something about it. Apparently - everyone’s become a total namby pamby. (Except me of course - while I maintain this erudite exterior - I unfortunately say things that often make women question whether I’ve evolved much from Neanderthal.)

Is it any wonder that McCain and the RNC are having such a hard time raising funds? In an environment where Republicans and Democrats seem virtually indistinguishable in their attitudes (and in their policies) - can we really be shocked a the lack of enthusiasm my friend Layla exasperatingly writes in her blog post?

Most important - perhaps - shall we as Republicans sit idly by and let “Barrack Obama - the man, the myth, the legend” go unchallenged? The Republican Party in North Carolina genuinely feels that Obama is inconsistent with the views of North Carolinians. The commercial is by no means a “swift boat” ad - it is factual and compelling in how it is told. Moreover, it is no more the place for John McCain to tell the party what to do, than it is for the Party to tell McCain how to govern when he is elected President.

And it would be a tragedy for Republicans to abandon their spine under the guise of appealing to a warped sense of decorum. William F. Buckley managed to point out the lunacy of the left - while always maintaining his decorum and respect for the adversary and national politics. While I am personally not in favor of attacking the man, Barrack Obama, it is perfectly legitimate to question his contacts, his values, his beliefs, and any other variable, that is reflected in his policy judgments. The NC Republican Commercial may be a blunt instrument in that regard - however - it is a valid argument to raise.

I don’t think McCain is a wuss. I think the man does stand for principles. I think he is an honorable man.

But one thing that is for certain - he’s definitely not John Wayne.

I suppose - we all long for a day when men were men, women were women, and the good guys wore white hats.

Now saddle up pilgrims - and let’s go find us some spine!