Posted on 04/23/2009 12:24:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A conservative faction of the Republican National Committee is urging the GOP to take a harder line against both Democrats and wayward Republicans, drafting a resolution to rename the opposition the “Democrat Socialist Party” and moving to rebuke the three Republican senators who supported the stimulus package.
In an email sent Wednesday to the 168 voting members of the committee, RNC member James Bopp, Jr. accused President Obama of wanting “to restructure American society along socialist ideals.”
“The proposed resolution acknowledges that and calls upon the Democrats to be truthful and honest with the American people by renaming themselves the Democrat Socialist Party,” wrote Bopp, the Republican committeeman from Indiana. “Just as President Reagan’s identification of the Soviet Union as the ‘evil empire’ galvanized opposition to communism, we hope that the accurate depiction of the Democrats as a Socialist Party will galvanize opposition to their march to socialism.”
The resolution, proposed by a committeeman from Washington state, was agreed upon by 16 RNC members from 16 different states and is part of a petition asking RNC Chairman Michael Steele to set a special committee meeting next month when the state chairs meet in Washington, D.C.
An RNC member said that Bopp, one of the most conservative and outspoken individuals on the committee, had pulled together a group of his fellow conservatives to agree to the resolution.
In an interview, Bopp said he thought Steele would set the special meeting.
“He has always told us that he was supportive of and agreed with the substance of these resolutions,” said Bopp, a lawyer known for his advocacy against campaign finance reform.
An RNC official said Steele would prefer to see the matter taken up at the committee’s regular summer meeting in July. This official declined to elaborate on where the chairman stands on the resolution.
But an April 8th memo from Steele to the RNC indicates that while he shares the view of the hard-liners that Obama is leading the country toward socialism, he’s not inclined to support making it party policy.
“The Democrats are indeed marching America toward European-style socialism and I will continue to criticize their dangerous policies in that regard,” Steele wrote. “But I believe these proposed resolutions will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
The paper resolutions of a minority party have little consequence on actual elections or policies, but the push by Bopp is a reflection of the deep concern many grassroots Republicans have for the policies of Obama and their unhappiness toward those GOP elected officials they see as capitulating to his agenda.
"There is nothing more important for our Party than bringing the truth to bear on the Democrats March to Socialism,” said Jeff Kent, the Washington state committeeman who proposed the resolution. “Just like Ronald Reagan identifying the USSR as the evil empire was the beginning of the end to Soviet domination, we believe the American people will reject socialism when they hear the truth about how the Democrats are bankrupting our country and destroying our freedom and liberties."
The “socialist” label was frequently thrown around during last year’s campaign and its usage has become increasingly commonplace among GOP activists. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) even said recently that there were 17 socialists in Congress.
At stake, wrote Bopp in the email, is nothing less than “the preservation of our Constitutional Republic and our way of life.”
In addition to the effort to refer to Democrats as "Socialists," the conservative RNC members are also proposing resolutions urging Republican members of Congress to stop accepting earmarks and praising those in the party who have opposed the bail-outs and Obama’s spending plans.
Bet it’s a really big “faction.”
Where do I get on board???
Ooooh, sounds like the Dems are getting freaked!
Well, the Democrats ARE socialists and, YES, we want Specter, Snowe, Collins, McCain and every single other RINO to be ejected from the party!!!
Aye and Aye.
I would like to know who all is in this “faction.”
Hmm... Could this be a little payback for Napolitano’s report? Naw. In MY dreams...
Every time I think of McCain or other numbn*ts in the GOP going on about 'politics of negativity' I could blow my stack.
Cool! Call them what they are! The Democrat Socialist Party.
1.) He thought it was necessary.
2.) He thought it would advance the cause.
3.) He knew he had strong support.
And they were never heard from again.....
Many “traditional” Dems will remain in denial, and not believe that the Party of their parents has gone radical Socialist/Communist.
However, many WILL notice, if we call their Party what it IS!
We must give them a reason to stop trusting their Party.
We also must do what we can, to create division among the Democrats.
Saul Alinsky did teach that leftists should attack “individuals” and not “groups” -— and here is where I would guide strategy.
I think we need to call OBAMA and the Dems in Congress Socialists, and call them out, individually, by NAME! -— While making clear that their are many patriotic Dems that we would welcome on our side!
“The Democrat Socialist Party.”
I think that was also the official name of the Nazi party when it was formed.
Accuracy in labeling. What a refreshing concept.
Good grief - joining snakehead on the dark side?
Matelin and Carville are the Mutt and Jeff routine of political commentary.
Stockpirate says Aye and Aye....
Arrrrrgh
Democratic Socialism, one person told me, ‘get used to it!’
Well, let’s just see how their little ‘plan’ is going so far.... not so good now, is it?
Every time government intervention is tried, it fails. It’s just going to have to get alot worse before middle America realizes it.
When the going get tough, the tough get going. What brings us out of recessions is the Animal Spirit, small business and entrepreneurs putting their shoulder to the grind stone and pushing harder.
And It’s Obama (actually Geithner) who is continuing, no actually multiplying the Bailouts, TARP, TALF, PPIP that make the ‘rich richer’. That’s what should be hammered home! The powerful democrats protecting their powerful friends.
Werks fer me!
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