Withdraw.

Withdraw now.

You are not wanted on the GOP ballot.

And not just because of your tawdry affair and your continued inappropriate conduct with a staff member. After all, Bill Clinton established that it is perfectly acceptable for elected officials to use their staff to satisfy their own personal lusts. There would be no legitimate way for the Democrats to use it as an issue, especially if Hillary tops their national ticket. And while your conduct had already led me to decide that I would neither endorse you nor vote for you, I was open to your remaining on the primary ballot so that the Republican voters of Harris County could pass judgment upon your continued fitness (or unfitness) for office.

However, your comments in today's Houston Chronicle make it clear that you don't belong on the GOP primary ballot, nor on the general election ballot as the Republican nominee.

In a brief telephone interview Monday, Rosenthal acknowledged he told local TV news programs earlier in the day that the local Republican Party had never done much for him in his 2000 and 2004 election campaigns and that party leaders have become "Chicken Littles," unjustifiably fearful the scandal will damage the entire Republican roster of candidates in the county.

So your argument is that we didn't do much for you in 2000 or 2004. That's funny, I did literature drops for you. I put up signs. I called voters on your behalf. Glad to know that you don't consider that to be significant, so I won't make the mistake of doing it again.

But this also clarifies something quite important. You don't belong don't he GOP primary ballot, and you don't merit the GOP nomination. After all, the leadership of the Harris County GOP has made it clear that the Party does not want you. You have made it clear that you don't need us. That sounds like the grounds for an amicable divorce, which would take the form of you withdrawing from the primary and running as an independent.

After all, it isn't like you will be giving up anything that you consider to be a significant asset.

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